“Lawyerless Transactions”—BK Diversion Program Offers Treatment, Risks Rights
I heard one of our regular participants at the syringe exchange got arrested,” says ...
“A 0.17 Percent Chance”—Is NFL Player Eric Reid Being Repeatedly Targeted for Drug Testing Because of Anthem Protest?
Eric Reid, an NFL player known for protesting police violence against Black communities alongside ...
Let’s Support MAT Without Propping Up the Disease Model of Addiction
I’m proud of my home state of Vermont. We have received some deserved national ...
Medical Providers Are Failing Queer Men of Color Who Use Crystal Meth
Increasing rates of crystal methamphetamine use amongst Black and Latino queer men is often ...
UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Opioid Strategy Ignores What’s Most Proven to Work
Earlier this year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched an ...
Yale Gets an F for Student Mental Health (Harvard Got a D Minus)
Ivy League colleges are failing students who struggle with mental health, according to a ...
We Need to Reduce the Harms of Draconian Tobacco Policies
Harm reduction shouldn’t just seek to reduce the harm caused by drugs, but also the ...
For Youth in My City, Marijuana Is the Go-To Treatment for Trauma
For children like me who grew up in Richmond, California, our lived experiences are ...
New Report Ranks Every State by Overall Health, Including Drug-Related Deaths
United Health’s 2018 Annual Report of America’s Health Rankings, the “longest-running annual assessment of ...
What I Found When I Applied Hundreds of Fentanyl Tests to Philly’s Street Drugs
Back in mid-2017 I embarked on a journalistic endeavor that, to my knowledge, has ...
