Media + Culture

A Year Into BC Drug Decrim, Opposing Narratives Clash

It’s now been over a year since British Columbia decriminalized adult possession of small quantities of drugs. A three-year pilot…

February 21, 2024

You Can Definitely Misuse Naloxone, If You’re a Cop

Cops seem to have decided that ever since fentanyl came into the illicit drug supply, regular-strength Narcan is no longer…

February 13, 2024

Watch: Mandela Asked This Harm Reductionist, “How Can I Be Helpful?”

Dr. Kgosi Letlape has been a passionate and relentless activist on the side of “the underdog,” as he puts it,…

January 31, 2024

“Marlboro Kids” in the ’70s, in Search of Cigarettes and Adulthood

The American Bicentennial was a very prolific time in my life. I had just completed fifth grade, and would be…

January 30, 2024

Will Ireland’s Public Vape Consultation Trigger Bans?

A public consultation to help determine the future of vaping in Ireland has come to an end. The results aren’t…

January 30, 2024

The DEA Made a “Fentanyl Facts” Quiz. Let’s See How They Did.

One of the weirder things to come out of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) "One Pill Can Kill" fentanyl awareness…

January 29, 2024

A Clash of Drinking Cultures for US Students in Italy

One of the first major cultural contrasts I was warned about as an American studying in Rome was the vastly…

January 26, 2024

Harvard Health Stands by Misleading Article on Vaping and “Popcorn Lung”

Objections to an article published by Harvard Health saw a tweet taken down and a review conducted. But the article,…

January 19, 2024

The Rise and Fall of Confrontational Alcohol Addiction “Treatment”

Confrontational counseling, sometimes known as attack therapy, is most commonly associated with so-called "therapeutic communities" for people with addictions. It…

January 18, 2024

Calls for Coerced Treatment as Oregon Decrim Under Threat

By the time Morgan Godvin stood before a judge in Portland, Oregon, her life had spun out of control in…

January 11, 2024