Tag: addiction
A Court Rejected the Disease Theory of Opioid Addiction. Will We Listen?
The idea that opioid painkillers are inevitably addictive was put on trial and refuted. ...
Philly’s Addiction-Treatment Smoking Ban Ends, Leaving Bitter Taste
The horribly misguided smoking and vaping ban in Philadelphia’s city-funded drug treatment programs, including ...
How My Drug Use Has Become More Sustainable Over Time
When I first began using opioids, in 2017 when I was 18, I knew ...
New Evidence Exposes Harms of Philly’s Smoking Ban in Drug Treatment
“Huge step backwards for recovery, it sucks!” was how one participant in a new ...
Strychnine and Vomit: The Untold Story of Past US Addiction Treatments
Kenneth Anderson is perhaps best known in the harm reduction movement as the founder ...
Canada’s Conservative Party Campaigns to Make Abstinence “Overarching Goal”
In the run-up to Canada’s election on September 20, the Conservative Party of Canada ...
More Evidence That Coerced Drug Treatment Is Harmful as Well as Wrong
A paper published by the International Journal of Drug Policy confirms what harm reductionists ...
What Recovery From Meth Addiction Taught Me About Harm Reduction
“You’re too well put together to be an addict.” I beamed at Jake’s comment, ...
Why Ethan Nadelmann Has Unfinished Business With Drugs
Ethan Nadelmann founded—and for decades ran—the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), and is without question ...
“Music Is a Trigger”—How I Was Welcomed to Rehab
[This article is excerpted from the author’s new book, The Weight of Air. It ...
