Media + Culture
The Christmas Traditions I’ve Created Over a Decade in Prison
Many people I’ve spent Christmas with in prison have described this time of year ...
A Year After I Quit Drugs, the Stigma Still Haunts Me
From the moment I began openly acknowledging my opioid use—often via self-deprecating jokes, at ...
The History of the “Allergy” Myth of Alcohol Addiction
In 2022, it is still not uncommon to hear people claim that an addiction ...
A Peruvian Shaman Talks Ayahuasca, Healing and Tourism
Isasina is a member of the Shipibo-Conibo, an Indigenous nation centered in Peru’s Ucayali ...
A Full Moon in the Amazon: My Ayahuasca Experience
In April 2021, I visited Pucallpa in the Amazon region of Peru. The city ...
Can the US Tobacco Control Debate Ever Find Common Ground?
University of Michigan faculty members Ken Warner and Cliff Douglas have worked for decades ...
How to Read the CDC’s Confusingly Presented Youth Vaping Data
I don’t think I’d ever heard of the annual National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), ...
The Stigmatization of Smoking Is Not Harm Reduction
Smoking has been stigmatized for some time. Once it was normal for idolized film ...
Instagram’s Page-Deletions of Black Women in Psychedelic Advocacy
After a year of running her Instagram page, “Black People Trip,” Robin Divine had ...
Make It Make Sense: The Confusing Terminology Around Safer Nicotine
Nicotine vapes contain no tobacco but are routinely called “tobacco products.” A 2019 lung ...
