Media + Culture

A Doctor’s First Taste of the Methadone Clinic

When I first neared the nondescript two-story building, I wasn’t sure I was in the right place. There was no…

August 26, 2025

“Mother of Methadone”—Trailblazing and Stigma in Addiction Medicine

With Dr. Melody Glenn’s new book—Mother of Methadone: A Doctor’s Quest, A Forgotten History, And A Modern-Day Crisis—Dr. Marie Nyswander…

August 26, 2025

With a Contraband Market in Flux, More Prisoners Turn Toward Gambling

[Read Part 1 of this story here]   In May, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) approved a budget increase of…

August 25, 2025

Media, Researchers Fuel More Vape Misperceptions

Media scaremongering about tobacco harm reduction options, often involving credulous amplifications or distortions of studies that are themselves incomplete or…

August 25, 2025

The Return of the Prison Poker Game

The tobacco bans that Georgia Department of Corrections implemented in 2010 changed the way things were done here, the way…

August 12, 2025

Despite FDA Authorization, the Damage of the Juul Frenzy Lingers

Well, well, well. On July 17, after five long years trying to prove what had already been proven—vapes are vastly…

August 4, 2025

Why Dr. Mark Tyndall Is Taking a Stand for Tobacco Harm Reduction

The tobacco harm reduction movement has long needed doctors to unapologetically make the case that it’s a matter of life…

July 24, 2025

What the Southern Baptist Church Taught Me About LGBTQ+ Education

Earlier in July, a Tennessee county library board came close to banning all books with transgender themes. After a board…

July 23, 2025

My Dad Quit Cigarettes in 1984. To Doctors, He Was Always a “Smoker.”

Last month, my father died. I miss him deeply, and I always will. He was nearly 84. Married for over…

July 15, 2025

Who’s Missing From the Tobacco Harm Reduction Conversation?

When it comes to tobacco harm reduction, whose opinions and voices should be heard? The question was put to a…

July 11, 2025