Media + Culture
SAMHSA’s “Meth Monster” Video Is Pure Fear-Mongering Propaganda
Stigmatizing PSAs about drug use have advanced far beyond the imagery of an egg ...
The Mystery Lung Disease Caused by “Vaping” Was a Textbook Drug Panic
The opportunity that tobacco harm reduction haters have been waiting for finally arrived. On ...
Fentanyl, Inc: How Corporate Sales Floors Dominate the New Drugs Market
On the edge of Shanghai, men wearing balaclavas meet journalist Ben Westhoff at sunset. ...
Bigoted Facebook Post Shines Light on Sheriffs Who Run Our Jails
A recent discovery about an elected Georgia sheriff threw unflattering light on those charged ...
Listen: A Podcast About Filter, Harm Reduction and Cats
The latest guest on The Social Exchange, a thought-provoking regular podcast hosted by ...
Social Media Giants’ Censorship of Harm Reduction Is “Book Burning”
Dominic Milton Trott, a former small-business owner in England, wanted to go to Peru ...
Drew Barrymore and the Case Against Labeling Children as “Addicts”
Drew Barrymore appeared on the cover of People in 1989 under the banner “America’s ...
“When They See Us” Depicts Gaslighting as a Form of Police Abuse
Listen to me, Tron. I need you to do what the police want you ...
Elton John and Bob Weir’s Recovery Routes Are Closer Than They Seem
Two superluminary rock stars, Elton John and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, have in ...
#ChangingTheNarrative—A Much-Needed Campaign to Improve Media Coverage of Drugs
On June 8, the Atlantic published a misleading story that suggests people who use drugs will ...
