Tag: books

    To See the US Prisons Crisis, Look at the Books We’re Trying to Read

    The library at South Central Correctional Facility, a Tennessee prison privately operated by CoreCivic, ...

    A Daughter’s Life and Death, Seen Through a Harm Reduction Lens

    The book Addicted and Convicted: Letters from a Lost Daughter, published in August, tells ...

    Belladonna and Bad Actors: The Telling History of Addiction Treatment

    The roots of today’s stigmatization of people who use drugs—and of paternalistic, exploitative, often ...

    Pliny the Elder’s Ancient But Refreshing Take on Opium

    Pliny the Elder, a Roman statesman and writer, lived during the 1st Century CE. ...

    Inebriate Asylums to Narcotic Farms: Addiction Treatment’s Cruel Roots

    Kenneth Anderson founded HAMS (Harm Reduction, Abstinence and Moderation Support) in 2007 as a ...

    Why I Think We Need to Move Beyond “Harm Reduction”

    I walked around the park grounds checking out the jubilant crowd of young partygoers. ...