Marijuana use is linked to lower alcohol intake and diminished cravings in heavy drinkers, according to a new federally funded…
Alcohol plays a role in the lives of many college students, and is often experienced as pleasurable or beneficial. Like…
The media has recently been filled with stories about how diabetes drugs like Ozempic (generic name semaglutide) might additionally be…
Characteristics of the “psychedelic renaissance” of recent years have included numerous studies indicating benefits of psychedelic drugs for therapeutic use—with…
Moonshine, hooch, julep, toilet wine, clear—whatever they call it, over the past 30 years Tennessee’s prison bootleggers have improved their…
One of the first major cultural contrasts I was warned about as an American studying in Rome was the vastly…
Confrontational counseling, sometimes known as attack therapy, is most commonly associated with so-called "therapeutic communities" for people with addictions. It…
Another federally funded study is suggesting that marijuana legalization may be linked to a “substitution effect,” with young adults in…
It’s National Recovery Month. But I won’t be evangelizing about my recovery, taking the first or any other step on…
I met Paul in 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison. I was an admin orderly; he was a new…