Tag: alcohol
The Perpetual Pendulum of US Drinking Guidelines
Every five years, the United States produces a set of health recommendations entitled Dietary ...
Giving Alcohol, Nicotine, Marijuana to Isolated Homeless People Is Harm Reduction
Seeking positives in current times can feel futile. But for drug policy reformers, there ...
“The Great” Offers a Window Into a Non-Temperance Way of Being
Netflix is currently screening The Great, a 10-part series portraying the improbable, nay astounding, ...
Coronavirus Drug Policies Echo Plague Scapegoating of the Past
Infectious waves of illness that flash flood through cities, regions and—rarely but occasionally—all continents, ...
How the Pandemic Is Restricting Health Options for People Who Use Drugs
For the average non-essential worker, it might feel like the coronavirus has put the ...
A Harm Reduction Plan for Vulnerable Drinkers Hits Unnecessary Obstacles
As harm reductionists, we always have on our minds the health and well-being ...
Safer Drinking During Desperate Times
We are all doing our best to adjust to the new “normal” in the ...
PA Liquor Store Closures Put Heavy Drinkers at Risk: Here’s How to Taper
All Pennsylvania liquor stores were closed at 9 pm on March 17 as part ...
Santa Fe’s Historic Drug Policy Overhaul Centers Alcohol Harm Reduction
Santa Fe, New Mexico is emphasizing alcohol harm reduction in its plan to radically ...
“Not Mechanized or Automatic”—Ketamine Researcher Sounds Caution Over Alcohol Study
What really causes you to drink to excess? Elias Dakwar, MD says the answer ...
