Media + Culture

The Campaign to Call Fentanyl Deaths “Poisoning” Is Working as Intended

A basic concept of toxicology is that “the dose makes the poison.” Any substance becomes poisonous to the human body…

April 16, 2024

WHO Hits New Low With “Vaping Increases Seizure Risk” Tweet

The World Health Organization should no longer be considered a leading authority in global health. For years now, it has…

April 10, 2024

Study Does Not Show Vapes Cause Cancer, Still Sparks Alarmism

A recent study sparked headlines about cancer risk from vapes, but what does it actually show us? The research, published…

April 9, 2024

Predictable, Avoidable and Harmful: Canada’s Nicotine Pouch Fiasco

Canada is supposedly organized on the principles of “peace, order and good government.” My country’s handling of nicotine pouches, an…

March 29, 2024

New Orleans Police: Rats Eating Drugs in Evidence Room, “They’re All High.”

At a New Orleans City Council hearing on March 11 about the sorry state of the city’s police headquarters—which faces…

March 13, 2024

Rising Numbers of Brits Who Smoke Don’t Know That Vaping Is Safer

English adults who smoke are increasingly unaware that vapes are less harmful than cigarettes, new data reveal. That’s in a…

March 5, 2024

New England Journal of Medicine Backs Vapes as Harm Reduction

Earlier in February, the New England Journal of Medicine published both a study highlighting the harm reduction efficacy of vapes…

February 27, 2024

A Year Into BC Drug Decrim, Opposing Narratives Clash

It’s now been over a year since British Columbia decriminalized adult possession of small quantities of drugs. A three-year pilot…

February 21, 2024

You Can Definitely Misuse Naloxone, If You’re a Cop

Cops seem to have decided that ever since fentanyl came into the illicit drug supply, regular-strength Narcan is no longer…

February 13, 2024

Watch: Mandela Asked This Harm Reductionist, “How Can I Be Helpful?”

Dr. Kgosi Letlape has been a passionate and relentless activist on the side of “the underdog,” as he puts it,…

January 31, 2024