Media + Culture
The Drug War Myths People Still Believe
Fentanyl Is in Everything Around 2013, fentanyl started percolating in the United States ...
Finding Optimism in the Tobacco Harm Reduction Maelstrom
In my worst moments, reporting on the tobacco harm reduction space, as I’ve been ...
SAMHSA Reframes National Drug Use Survey, Leaves Fentanyl Problem Intact
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released the latest edition ...
The Sex Offender Registry Changed How I See Homelessness
In 2020, after 10 years in prison, I was getting ready to come home—I ...
If the DEA Gets Bad Press for Not Seizing Fentanyl, the DEA Still Wins
In the week since the Associated Press and Albuquerque Journal separately reported on the ...
Teen Vaping Has Long Been Falling. Why Do Schools Think the Opposite?
Teen vaping in the United States has plummeted over the past six years, according ...
DHS Releases Questionable Synthetic Opioid Guidance for First Responders
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released new guidance on synthetic opioids, intended ...
Media Fights for Access to Executions, But Not the Rest of the Prison System
In April, the Tennessee Supreme Court temporarily blocked a ruling that would allow journalists ...
People Who Vape Are Lab Rats, Says California “Public Health” Campaign
Clockwork Orange-like images show a sweating, terrified young man in a dark laboratory with ...
New Hub Platforms Lived Experiences of Tobacco Harm Reduction
People with lived experience of using safer nicotine products for harm reduction take center ...
