Media + Culture
The Systemic Transphobia of the Drug Treatment and Recovery Industry
I have been seeking recovery from alcohol, heroin and pharmaceutical opioid use disorders since late ...
I’ve Always Been Incarcerated With Men. I Never Felt Safe Until This Time.
In the year between paroling out of Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody and ...
White House Reviews Its Drug Control Strategy, Finds It’s Doing a Good Job
In 2022 the White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy (ONDCP) published its ...
Study: Despite Fears, Legal Marijuana Hasn’t Normalized Impaired Driving
Contrary to concerns among some critics that legalizing marijuana would normalize cannabis-impaired driving, a ...
DOJ Sues CVS, Alleging “Massive Public Harm” From Opioid Dispensing
The Department of Justice is accusing CVS Pharmacy Inc. of unlawfully filling opioid prescriptions ...
What I Tell My Kids About My History of Drug Use
The most chaotic period of my life was partly captured on film, for a ...
Why I Report on Tobacco Harm Reduction
Tobacco harm reduction, which I’ve been covering as a journalist for a couple of ...
In Prison, a Sex Conviction Is a Target for Assault. Staff Pretends Otherwise.
Coming into the Tennessee men’s prison system nearly 30 years ago, I assumed that ...
The Great American Cop-Out
Today marks the American Cancer Society’s 48th Great American Smokeout, held annually on the ...
How Tablets Changed Georgia Prisons, More Than GDC Intended
In 2015, when I was about three years into a 14-year prison sentence, the ...
