Tag: history

    In Praise of Pleasure

    Unabashed ravishment, whether from binge eating or drug use, makes those of us who ...

    The Merseyside Experiment: Will UK Recall Its Heroin-Prescribing History?

    “The war on drugs has failed,” Zack Polanski told reporters in October 2025. The ...

    “Love Rules”—Essential Exhibition Centers Harm Reduction History

    The history of harm reduction in the United States, led by people who use ...

    A Brief History of LSD Treatment for Alcohol Addiction at the VA

    Characteristics of the “psychedelic renaissance” of recent years have included numerous studies indicating benefits ...

    A Day at the DEA Museum

    Why would anyone visit the DEA Museum? My excuse was to see all the ...

    “Horrible”—Harm Reduction Legend Discusses the Methadone System

    I first heard Edith Springer speak at the 2004 Harm Reduction Coalition conference in ...

    The Rise and Fall of Confrontational Alcohol Addiction “Treatment”

    Confrontational counseling, sometimes known as attack therapy, is most commonly associated with so-called “therapeutic ...

    “Sleep’s Cave”—The Speculation Around Ovid’s Opium References

    Publius Ovidius Naso, known today as Ovid, was a Roman poet of great acclaim ...

    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. ...

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