Media + Culture
Comic Designed to Boost Health Care for Veterans Who Use Drugs
A group of researchers have developed a comic designed to encourage veterans and health ...
The Hypocrisy of FDA Commissioner Califf’s Stance on Vaping
Earlier this year, Dr. Robert Califf, commissioner of the United States Food and Drug ...
New York Post’s Latest Attack on Harm Reduction “a Disgrace”
The overdose crisis took 3,026 lives in New York City in 2022—the highest figure ...
A Valuable Vaping Guide for Health and Social Service Providers
On November 16, the United Kingdom’s National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), ...
Moms Can Lead the Fight to End the Drug War
I teared up as I watched Leroy Walker Sr., whose son was killed in ...
On Thanksgiving I’m Grateful to Have Internet, Until Our Prison Catches Us
I am thankful that on my 33rd Thanksgiving in prison, I’ll be allowed an ...
Is It Time to Abandon the Term “Smoker”?
Words matter, particularly when they’re entwined with issues of identity. Labels have the capacity ...
For Decades, Tattoos Helped Me Make Sense of Death and Prison
I got my first tattoo at 15, a Grim Reaper profile with the scythe ...
SAMHSA’s National Drug Use Survey Has a Fentanyl Problem
Up through 2021, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) national drug ...
Not Everyone Chooses the “Sober Dating” Life. Some of Us Are on Parole.
Many people who are in recovery have noted that the culture of modern dating ...
