Ari* tiptoes out of the room and pulls the door closed behind her; the kids are finally asleep. All is…
On May 5, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announced her…
Does the world really need another book that examines the opioid-involved overdose crisis? There’s no shortage of tomes devoted to…
Reggae dubstep thumps from a pedicab parked in the entrance to the main lecture hall. Psychedelic art hangs from partitions…
The roots of today’s stigmatization of people who use drugs—and of paternalistic, exploitative, often cruel approaches to what we now…
In Bangor, Maine, a familiar narrative is playing out: Local officials perpetuating complaints of "syringe litter" in public spaces, while…
Swallow THIS: A Documentary About Methadone and COVID-19 is currently on tour nationwide. Marilena Marchetti and I made the film…
Pliny the Elder, a Roman statesman and writer, lived during the 1st Century CE. He died, famously, during the eruption…
A new study may give us the most detailed understanding yet of how psychedelic drugs affect our brains. Using brain…
Arnold Ventures is one of the very few big philanthropy funds that support criminal justice reform initiatives in the United…