Media + Culture

How to Respond Sensibly to an Increase in Youth Vaping

For the past few years, the United States public health community has been amplifying irrational fears among certain sections of…

September 15, 2022

Why Aren’t We Celebrating the End of Teenage Smoking?

When I was a teen in a small Midwestern town in the 1970s, the US high school smoking rate was…

September 12, 2022

Stigmatizing Drug Use Is Killing Us, But Why Is It So Hard to Stop?

Despite significant strides in drug policy in recent decades, and changing attitudes about some substances, stigmatization of people who use…

September 8, 2022

“New Meth” Is Nothing to Fear. It Isn’t New. It’s Just Meth.

If you’ve ever seen someone talk about “new meth” online, they were probably describing how it explained some aspect of…

September 1, 2022

Rebuttal for Paper That Links Reduced Prosecutions With Increased Homicides

Something about the concept of “progressive prosecutors” tends to torpedo rational debate. Chesa Boudin, the recalled district attorney of San…

July 26, 2022

Thousands of Free Naloxone Doses Hitting Music Events This Summer

Music events feel like one of the last safe, unifying cultural gatherings in a country ravaged by divisions and stresses,…

July 19, 2022

Inebriate Asylums to Narcotic Farms: Addiction Treatment’s Cruel Roots

Kenneth Anderson founded HAMS (Harm Reduction, Abstinence and Moderation Support) in 2007 as a free online support group for people…

July 7, 2022

Global Forum on Nicotine Seeks to Accelerate Harm Reduction for All

At a hotel in central Warsaw, hundreds of public health experts, consumer advocates for safer nicotine alternatives, industry representatives and…

June 24, 2022

FDA Accused of Spreading Misinformation at E-Cigarette Summit

The annual E-Cigarette Summit in Washington, DC, is perhaps the most eclectic conference in tobacco control. Consumer advocates, vape shop…

May 19, 2022