Tag: mental health
British Columbia’s Troubling Bid to Detain Young People Who Overdose
On June 23, the provincial government of British Columbia announced the first reading of ...
Navigating the Baffling Systems of Care That Failed My Son
[The following article is excerpted from two chapters of Cover My Dreams in Ink, ...
How We Can All Take Responsibility to Avoid Calling the Police
Calls to defund the police are picking up national momentum from Los Angeles to ...
Fighting Racism in a Small, Conservative Town in New Jersey
Outrage over racism and police brutality epitomized by the murder of George Floyd ...
People With Mental Health Diagnoses Left Out of “Historic” NYC Decarceration
The number of New Yorkers in the city’s infamous jail system hit what Mayor ...
No Evidence Prenatal Cannabis Exposure Causes Cognitive Impairment, Finds Major Review
There is no significant evidence showing that cannabis use during pregnancy leads to cognitive ...
The “Queen of Consciousness” Driving Psychedelic Study and Advocacy
Amanda Feilding is the founder and director of the Beckley Foundation, which has been ...
Fighting the Health Threats of Loneliness as We Flatten the Curve
At publication time, over 97 percent of Americans in 43 states are under mandatory ...
Why Midwestern Farmers Are Facing a Suicide Crisis
Farm workers are increasingly dying of suicide, according to new research. Farmers are suffering ...
Study: Stopping Long-Term Opioid Prescriptions Associated With Veterans’ Deaths
For years, pain patient activists have been sounding the alarm about the consequences of ...
