Tag: mental health
New Evidence of Smoking Disparities Underlines That Tobacco Harm Reduction Is Social Justice
Americans experiencing compounded social marginalization are at greater risk of initiating use of—and not ...
Cops Morphing Into Social Workers Is Not a Solution
All across the US, law enforcement asserts its power through its sheer visibility in ...
Shades of Sobriety: Life Shows That Recovery Needn’t Mean Abstinence
If your goal is sobriety defined as abstaining from everything psychoactive, good luck! Virtually ...
To Address Addiction, Confront Racism in Our Health and Justice Systems
It’s widely documented that decades of punitive criminal justice and drug policies have led ...
Yes, You Can Be Addicted to Cannabis—But There Are Sensible Ways to Avoid This
The seemingly inexorable nationwide movement to legalize marijuana has recently stalled in New Jersey ...
Drug Laws Undermine Ethics for Social Workers in Child Welfare
As a 20-year-old undergraduate student who had limited familiarity with substance use beyond alcohol, ...
Dietary Supplement? Or Drug? The Kratom Regulation Debate
Is kratom a plant (Mitragyna speciosa)—originating in Southeast Asia and long used in traditional ...
Johann Hari’s Journey of Discovery About Depression
Material living conditions are overall better in today’s world than during any time in ...
How My First LSD Trip Led Me to Accept My Sexuality
Someone had to tell me what to do with it: under your tongue, leave ...
“Russian Doll” Is a Case Study of Existential Recovery
Russian Doll, the acclaimed Netflix comedy-drama built around Natasha Lyonne, tackles loss, trauma, self-destruction ...
