Media + Culture

Gang-Run Prisons Compound Trauma. We Know How to Reduce It.

In many United States prisons, corrections officers aren't the ones calling the shots. Gang-affiliated prisoners are, and essentially have free…

March 19, 2025

Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Conversion Therapy Ban

On March 10, the Supreme Court stated that it will review the constitutionality of a state ban on conversion therapy…

March 13, 2025

Vape Scaremongering: The Science-to-Media Pipeline

It’s a scenario that has become all too familiar. Tobacco harm reduction experts recently scrambled to tackle alarmist news coverage,…

March 10, 2025

The World Needs Gender-Specific Tobacco Harm Reduction

Tobacco harm reduction (THR) is a transformative public health opportunity, saving people’s lives by offering safer alternatives to smoking for…

March 7, 2025

GOP Lawmaker to Benefit Recipients: Quit Medical Marijuana and Cheetos

A GOP congressman is peddling a stigmatizing message to justify a new bill on adding work requirements for certain federal…

February 28, 2025

Leading Pro-Vape Academic “Couldn’t Stand on the Sidelines Any Longer”

Dr. Michael Siegel has long been a prominent expert voice making the case for tobacco harm reduction. He’s published large…

February 21, 2025

Worcester, MA, Joins Short List of Transgender Sanctuary Cities

The city of Worcester, Massachusetts, is now a sanctuary city for transgender and gender-diverse people, a development advocates hope will…

February 19, 2025

Memories of Silk Road, the Drug Marketplace We Used for Safer Supply

In a somewhat unexpected move by President Donald Trump, on January 21 he issued a full pardon to Silk Road…

February 14, 2025

A Day at the DEA Museum

Why would anyone visit the DEA Museum? My excuse was to see all the lies and misinformation in one place.…

February 13, 2025

Learning to Be Openly Gay in Prison, to Anyone Who Asks (Except PREA)

The experience of being gay in prison has changed a lot since I was first incarcerated almost 30 years ago.…

February 10, 2025