Media + Culture
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, ...
With a Contraband Market in Flux, More Prisoners Turn Toward Gambling
[Read Part 1 of this story here] In May, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp ...
