Media + Culture
“I Can’t Be Friends With You Anymore”—How Stigma Isolates Young Drug Users
One of the last memories I have of hanging out with my friend Jana ...
So We’re Drinking Our Way Through the Pandemic? It’s What Drugs Are For.
People are drinking (and using marijuana) more during the pandemic. Alarms have predictably been ...
The “Date-Rape Drug” Narrative Has Been Weaponized Against GHB Users
Wait…” my therapist reacted during our weekly FaceTime session. I had just mentioned my ...
New York Times Breonna Taylor Piece Embraces Drug-War Narratives
Remarkably, a recent 6,000-word New York Times investigative article about Breonna Taylor doesn’t mention ...
“This Is Ohio”—Economic Pain and Harm Reduction in the Rust Belt
Jack Shuler watched the overdose crisis take a heavy toll on his hometown of ...
Cages Don’t Always Have Bars: How “Reforms” Swelled the Carceral State
Place Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law together on a street corner in an impoverished ...
“I Can’t Breathe”—The Haunting Urgency of Juice WRLD’s Post-OD Album
Since the December 8, 2019 fatal overdose of Jarad Higgins—a Black rapper who went ...
Pleasure, Delayed: This Juneteenth Should Include Freedom to Use Drugs
This year, Juneteenth is taking its rightful place as a more meaningful celebration of ...
The Paradox of an “Evidence-Based” Anti-Drug Media Campaign
The push for evidence-based drug policy is clashing head-on with a drug war rooted ...
“The Waterboarding of Drugs!”—Hasan Minhaj Blasts “Rigged” Marijuana Industry
If the marijuana industry is consolidating among large corporations, while Black and Brown people ...
