Media + Culture

    Personal Attacks on THR Proponents Ramp Up Amid COP11

    Tobacco harm reductionists have grown used to operating under fire as they seek access ...

    Stigma by Association Is Driving Workers Out of Harm Reduction

    Everyone knows about the stigma faced by people who use drugs. What’s far less ...

    “In Waves and War” Highlights Veterans’ Suffering, Psychedelic Hope

    Many United States veterans endure unrelieved suffering, long after they return home, from conditions ...

    A Son in a Sober-Living Home, Lost to Overdose

    [This article is excerpted from the book Rehab: An American Scandal. You can read ...

    Resistance to the Anti-Nicotine Movement Sparked by a Betrayal

    People who use nicotine have earned a reputation for pushing back against flavor bans, ...

    Blowing the Lid Off the Scandal of US Rehab

    Trigger warning! Shoshana Walter’s new book, Rehab: An American Scandal, is going to make ...

    Inevitably, FCC Moves to Let Prisons Use Illegal Cell Phone Signal Jammers

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is about to formally consider allowing corrections departments to ...

    Just a Reminder That Drug Users Aren’t Zombies

    The White House is promoting a new fentanyl awareness ad campaign. “Make America Fentanyl ...

    A Doctor’s First Taste of the Methadone Clinic 

    When I first neared the nondescript two-story building, I wasn’t sure I was in ...

    “Mother of Methadone”—Trailblazing and Stigma in Addiction Medicine

    With Dr. Melody Glenn’s new book—Mother of Methadone: A Doctor’s Quest, A Forgotten History, ...