Tag: pain
A Close Look at Denial of Pain Meds to People Who Use Drugs
For people who use drugs, accessing prescription pain medication when needed can be a ...
They Call Me a Drug Seeker. Here’s What Their Opioid Policies Did to Me.
My life changed in a matter of seconds, when in 2010 I sustained a ...
The State of Research on Cannabis as an Opioid “Exit Drug”
It’s legal for adult use in 19 states, two territories and DC, and for ...
Win for Pain Patients as SCOTUS Cuts DEA’s Power to Persecute Prescribers
On June 27, the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the government cannot ...
US Drug Czar Acknowledges the Medical Value of Marijuana
On June 27, the White House “drug czar” recognized the therapeutic potential of marijuana ...
The Ways We “Monsterize” Drug Use, Pain and People
[This article is an adapted excerpt from On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters ...
How Fear, Misinformation, Stigma Have Devastated US Pain Patients
Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her ...
How Artists Are Reimagining the Overdose Crisis
Last year, I volunteered at a harm reduction center where fights and cold sweats ...
DEA Wants to Surveil Patients. Trans Men Stopped Them Once Before.
Throughout the past decade, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sought to encroach on patients’ ...
My Daughter’s Birth Exposed the Medical Community’s Anti-Drug Stigma
In January, a few weeks after my 49th birthday, my partner, Carolyn, gave me ...
