Media + Culture
“Sleep’s Cave”—The Speculation Around Ovid’s Opium References
Publius Ovidius Naso, known today as Ovid, was a Roman poet of great acclaim ...
Dose Makes the Poison: The “Chemicals” Smear Against Vaping
In 1997, a shocking headline in the Washington Post proclaimed, “DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE: UNRECOGNIZED KILLER.” ...
No “Epidemic,” But CDC Delivers New Dose of Youth-Vaping Alarmism
Just in time for the new school year, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Why I Won’t Celebrate National Recovery Month
It’s National Recovery Month. But I won’t be evangelizing about my recovery, taking the ...
A Daughter’s Life and Death, Seen Through a Harm Reduction Lens
The book Addicted and Convicted: Letters from a Lost Daughter, published in August, tells ...
Inside a Dutch Smartshop’s Harm Reduction Approach
Three 18-year-old kids shuffle into Herbal Spirit, a smartshop in The Hague, on the ...
If Fentanyl Were in Fake Adderall Pills, the DEA Would’ve Proved It by Now
On August 25, the New York Office of Public Safety held a briefing ahead ...
Learning to Do HIV Peer Education in the ’90s, by Unlearning What to Say
In the summer of 1992, a few weeks after I’d learned I had HIV, ...
“We Need Full Legalization”: WI Senator Publishes Marijuana Zine
The top Democrat in the Wisconsin Senate has released a marijuana policy “zine” featuring ...
Re-Queering Harm Reduction Means Reclaiming Its Grassroots Spirit
When the harm reduction movement emerged, survival was front of mind: Policymakers were leaving drug ...
