Media + Culture
Psychedelic Exceptionalism, and the Need for Queer-Led Harm Reduction
[This article is an adapted excerpt from the anthology Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to ...
The Story of Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder
On June 30, 2022, Schick Shadel Hospital in Burien, Washington, closed its doors for ...
An Act of Resistance: The True Meanings of Prison Tattoos
The true measure of how a prison treats its prisoners can be found in ...
Tobacco Fairs, Free NRT and Few Vapes: A Conversation in Cuba
Winning a prize for my laughable “dancing” skills at a bar in Havana was ...
Ending the X-Waiver Doesn’t End OUD-Meds Stigma in Health Care
Many health care organizations have praised, as they should, the repeal of the X-waiver ...
Evidence Is In on Vapes as Smoking Cessation. Now We Need Urgency.
In a comment published in Nature Medicine, four leading researchers marshal the evidence that ...
Tobacco Harm Reduction Reflections, as My Years of Reporting End
Many people who vape, or are otherwise involved in tobacco harm reduction, will remember ...
Why We Should Abandon the Term “Black Market”
As someone who identifies as Black and as an advocate for the end of ...
Johns Hopkins Call for Nicotine “Common Language” Falls Flat
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has just published a video, featuring ...
The Christmas Traditions I’ve Created Over a Decade in Prison
Many people I’ve spent Christmas with in prison have described this time of year ...
