addiction

If You Care About Health Justice, Stop Clicking on “Florida Man” Stories

Who hasn’t taken a break from dreadful news cycles to have a good laugh at the screwball crime stories attributed…

May 9, 2019

Mass. Civil Commitment for Drug Issues Violates Rights, Say Attorneys

People in Massachusetts who are accused of harmful drug use often face court petitions by family members, law enforcement or…

May 2, 2019

Deprogramming From AA—When a Fellowship Resembles a Cult

Katherine was on the subway home from a meeting with her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor when it hit. They had just…

May 2, 2019

Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome, Without the Hype

Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is nothing new, but nonetheless lacks a diagnosis code. This means that nobody—including the Centers for…

April 25, 2019

Shades of Sobriety: Life Shows That Recovery Needn’t Mean Abstinence

If your goal is sobriety defined as abstaining from everything psychoactive, good luck! Virtually everyone, like it or not, undergoes…

April 22, 2019

The Justice Gap: Trump Budget Attack on Legal Aid Orgs Targets Drug Users, HIV-Positive People

Many of the policies peddled by the Trump administration sound like a broken record. A case in point is its…

April 16, 2019

Teens Favor Harm Reduction Over Abstinence-Only Messages—Here Are Their Four Suggestions to Parents

Kids do drugs. But parents and caregivers often avoid addressing this reality. Globally, drug use is concentrated amongst younger people…

April 10, 2019

Inside an Innovative Study of MDMA Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder

Dr. Ben Sessa, a UK-based psychiatrist, is currently running Britain’s first ever clinical study with MDMA, in Bristol, for people…

April 10, 2019

To Address Addiction, Confront Racism in Our Health and Justice Systems

It’s widely documented that decades of punitive criminal justice and drug policies have led to the US becoming the world’s…

April 8, 2019

Yes, You Can Be Addicted to Cannabis—But There Are Sensible Ways to Avoid This

The seemingly inexorable nationwide movement to legalize marijuana has recently stalled in New Jersey and New York, at least partly…

April 3, 2019