Marijuana, which is now legal for medical use in 33 states and counting, can help treat pain—something which opioids also…
There is a profound moment in the film And The Band Played On, about the early days of the US…
As a 20-year-old undergraduate student who had limited familiarity with substance use beyond alcohol, the most formative aspect of my…
On March 5, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the prescription treatment Spravato (esketamine), an intranasal spray medicine…
There is a common misconception that people who inject drugs (PWID) don’t care about their health. However, their widespread participation…
Barely a day passes on my beat without my meeting someone with a harrowing story about the impact of zero-tolerance…
Imagine going through opioid use disorder treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, perhaps getting a job and family and everything in your life back—except for one…
Bernie Sanders, a leading leftist in the crowded cohort of Democratic presidential hopefuls for 2020, has reiterated his commitment to…
When I was 19, living in New Jersey and injecting drugs, I found out that I had hepatitis C. All…
Late last year, public health officials in Philadelphia—which ranks second among large cities hit hardest by the US overdose and…