Tag: mental health
Pandemic Hits Harm Reduction Workers Hard—Particularly “Peers”
A few weeks back, Soma Snakeoil, an artist and the founder of Los Angeles-based ...
Blueberries, Xanny Bars, Clazzys: My Anxiety-Driven Benzo Journey
I have been doing Valium since the age of 16. They were called “blueberries” ...
Reason to Raise a Glass: The Alcohol-Zero-Tolerance Project Is Doomed
The World Health Organization has declared that there is no safe level of drinking—a ...
Forced, Rapid Adoptions Are a Weapon of the Drug War
“I hate myself.” The words slipped out of my youngest child’s mouth with a ...
NYC’s New Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response Still Resembles Policing
New York City receives 200,000 mental health-related 911 calls each year. In addition to ...
A Hugely Promising Study of Psilocybin Treatment for Depression
The first-ever randomized clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy for people with a diagnosis of ...
UK on the Brink of a Psychedelic Therapy Revolution
Bristol, the English city that produced street artist Banksy, will soon see the opening ...
Despite Immunity Law, Virginia Woman Charged After Calling 911 for Alleged Meth Crisis
Virginia has a new “Good Samaritan” law designed to protect people who call 911 ...
The LEAD Program Faces a Reckoning for Centering Police
The murder of George Floyd and the explosion of protests against police terror led ...
The Impact of Family Members’ Incarceration on Black Women’s Mental Health
A new study shows that Black women who have experienced having a family member ...
