Media + Culture

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 to surveys from the Centers for…

May 26, 2026

DHS Releases Questionable Synthetic Opioid Guidance for First Responders

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released new guidance on synthetic opioids, intended for first responders and government agents…

May 18, 2026

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 to witness more parts of the…

May 5, 2026

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 a black metal contraption on his…

April 30, 2026

New Hub Platforms Lived Experiences of Tobacco Harm Reduction

People with lived experience of using safer nicotine products for harm reduction take center stage on a new platform that…

April 28, 2026

In Praise of Pleasure

Unabashed ravishment, whether from binge eating or drug use, makes those of us who strive for autonomous individuality deeply uncomfortable.…

April 17, 2026

Will the CDC Finally Abandon the Damaging Term “EVALI”?

Health economist Michael Pesko is asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a question it should have answered years…

April 16, 2026

Why We Formed the Latino Cannabis Alliance

One of the first reported deaths resulting from the Trump administration’s renewed immigration raids in 2025 was that of Jaime…

March 31, 2026

FDA Eyeing “Drug Disposal” Products, for Destroying Rx Opioids at Home

The Food and Drug Administration is asking the public to weigh in on the merits of commercial drug-disposal products, for…

March 11, 2026

“Would You Want to Live Next to a Clinic?”—Methadone NIMBYism

The speeches at the press conference in Harlem were a distillation of stigmatizing ideas about methadone, clinics and patients that…

March 2, 2026