Media + Culture
Amid the Trauma of Prison, an Unexpected Oasis: Crochet Club
Travis learned to crochet from his grandmother. He was 10 when she showed him ...
Uproar as “95 Percent Safer” Message Blamed for Youth Vaping
A prominent British physician has sparked controversy by blaming the country’s message that vapes ...
American Lung Association Seeks to Suppress Harm Reduction Information
The American Lung Association, as you would expect, is eager to point out the ...
“Sleep’s Cave”—The Speculation Around Ovid’s Opium References
Publius Ovidius Naso, known today as Ovid, was a Roman poet of great acclaim ...
Dose Makes the Poison: The “Chemicals” Smear Against Vaping
In 1997, a shocking headline in the Washington Post proclaimed, “DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE: UNRECOGNIZED KILLER.” ...
No “Epidemic,” But CDC Delivers New Dose of Youth-Vaping Alarmism
Just in time for the new school year, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Why I Won’t Celebrate National Recovery Month
It’s National Recovery Month. But I won’t be evangelizing about my recovery, taking the ...
A Daughter’s Life and Death, Seen Through a Harm Reduction Lens
The book Addicted and Convicted: Letters from a Lost Daughter, published in August, tells ...
Inside a Dutch Smartshop’s Harm Reduction Approach
Three 18-year-old kids shuffle into Herbal Spirit, a smartshop in The Hague, on the ...
If Fentanyl Were in Fake Adderall Pills, the DEA Would’ve Proved It by Now
On August 25, the New York Office of Public Safety held a briefing ahead ...
