A new study by researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reveals that alcohol-related deaths in the United States…
Five years ago, I called the hotline for adult psychological services at a major university hospital’s psychiatry department. After completing…
A familiar substance has repeatedly been associated with protection against dementia. But we’re not allowed to learn that. Instead, government…
[This article is excerpted from UNDOING DRUGS: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction, by Maia…
Criminologists and, increasingly, local court systems love the idea of “swift, certain and fair” punishments for drug use (including alcohol) by…
Language around addiction has changed so quickly in the past few years that Rose decided to change the name of…
A former Republican congresswoman is touting the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics, sharing the story of how a close family friend…
“There is no safe level of alcohol,” WHO Europe headlined in 2018. “Zero alcohol consumption minimizes the overall risk of…
Many of us are parenting while using drugs. Sometimes with a single drink at dinner; sometimes with criminalized substances; sometimes…
You’re in a bar, when the night seems close to ending but nobody really wants it to. Someone asks: “Should…