What a Breakthrough E-Cigarette Study Illustrates About Addiction
The first large, systematic study of whether e-cigarettes help people to quit smoking was ...
State of the Union: Trump’s Real “Special Guest” Was Bad Drug Policy
President Donald Trump’s special guests to the State of the Union address on February ...
For People Still Impacted by the Crack Era, the First Step Act Isn’t Enough
You could get crack before you got something to eat,” said Uneeda Nichols, 46, ...
Brave Russian Harm Reductionists Launch Chemsex Program in Moscow
A new Russian harm reduction program for Muscovites engaging in chemsex is getting started ...
Companies Use Patient Data to Generate “Risk Scores” for Their Likelihood of Addiction
The Food and Drug Administration ended 2018 by awarding Milliman, a health insurance consulting ...
Should I Drug Test My Kids? Why the Experts Say No
Does anyone still want to do drug tests on their children? Apparently so, because ...
Public Defenders Are Hugely Overworked—But Also Underpaid Compared With Prosecutors
Many public defense attorneys are swamped with more cases than they can accommodate, illustrates a ...
Fentanyl Overdoses Spike on Mexico’s Northern Border But Remain Invisible
When it landed three years ago, some six guys died here in one week,” ...
Struggling to Compete with Fentanyl, Mexico’s Poppy Farmers Ask for Legalization
Gonzalo Hernandez* first heard the word “fentanyl” about two years ago. Hernandez, who lives ...
Philadelphia Cracks Down on Encampment, Creates More Suffering
Just after 5 am on January 31, a small army of police, city officials ...
