Media + Culture
Watching the Trump Trials in Prison, With Con Artists Cheering Him On
Our living unit at South Central Correctional Facility in Tennessee doesn’t have a communal ...
Psilocybin Study: No Change in View of God. Some Change in View of Bugs.
A new study by Johns Hopkins University researchers on the effects of psychedelics suggests ...
How We Still Find Joy After Decades in Prison
After nearly 30 years in prison, I still find moments of joy and happiness. ...
In the Ugly Nicotine Debate, Being Kind Isn’t Just Right—It’s Effective
Going to school as an autistic kid sometimes felt like a never-ending nightmare. Spitballs ...
Over 321,000 Children Lost Parents to Overdose in a Decade
A new study from the National Institutes of Health quantifies the vast number of ...
A Mother’s Day Dream, After Losing My Daughter to Fentanyl Overdose
Ordinarily, my wish for Mother’s Day would be to spend a bit of time ...
Will Study Linking Vapes With Heart Failure Survive Scrutiny?
It’s been a busy few weeks for health scares around vaping, with media distortion ...
No Drug Education: The Rise and Fall of DARE
Praised by politicians, parents and presidents, police officers taught DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) ...
Daily Weed Use Linked to Being “More Motivated,” Compared to Weekly
A new study on effects of frequent marijuana use challenges a number of cannabis ...
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 ...
