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Pliny the Elder’s Ancient But Refreshing Take on Opium

Pliny the Elder, a Roman statesman and writer, lived during the 1st Century CE. He died, famously, during the eruption…

March 31, 2023

How DMT Generates “Novel Worlds” of Experience

A new study may give us the most detailed understanding yet of how psychedelic drugs affect our brains. Using brain…

March 24, 2023

Reform Funder Under Fire for Hiring Naloxone “Moral Hazard” Researcher

Arnold Ventures is one of the very few big philanthropy funds that support criminal justice reform initiatives in the United…

March 22, 2023

Psychedelic Exceptionalism, and the Need for Queer-Led Harm Reduction

[This article is an adapted excerpt from the anthology Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine, published by…

March 20, 2023

The Story of Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder

On June 30, 2022, Schick Shadel Hospital in Burien, Washington, closed its doors for good. It was the last facility…

March 17, 2023

An Act of Resistance: The True Meanings of Prison Tattoos

The true measure of how a prison treats its prisoners can be found in their tattoos. Hands clasped in prayer;…

March 16, 2023

Tobacco Fairs, Free NRT and Few Vapes: A Conversation in Cuba

Winning a prize for my laughable “dancing” skills at a bar in Havana was a major surprise. But it should…

March 9, 2023

Ending the X-Waiver Doesn’t End OUD-Meds Stigma in Health Care

Many health care organizations have praised, as they should, the repeal of the X-waiver that unjustifiably restricted buprenorphine prescribing. Buprenorphine…

March 1, 2023

Evidence Is In on Vapes as Smoking Cessation. Now We Need Urgency.

In a comment published in Nature Medicine, four leading researchers marshal the evidence that vapes can be used as a…

February 23, 2023

Scientists’ Latest Bid to Fight Back Against Deadly Vaping Misinformation

Much of the world’s official advice on vaping nicotine is deeply flawed, yet it often remains unquestioned and unaccountable.   An…

February 22, 2023