A federal government agency has published a wide-ranging series of scientific reports on marijuana and cancer as part of an…
A lawsuit in British Columbia details how a regulatory body is allegedly “harassing” doctors into taking pain patients off their…
I lost my leg in a car accident when I was 15. A little while after, I started having pain…
For people who use drugs, accessing prescription pain medication when needed can be a severe challenge. A new paper digs…
My life changed in a matter of seconds, when in 2010 I sustained a serious spinal injury in a tree-cutting…
It’s legal for adult use in 19 states, two territories and DC, and for medical use in 37 states, four…
On June 27, the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the government cannot rightfully prosecute prescribers for violating the…
On June 27, the White House "drug czar" recognized the therapeutic potential of marijuana in pain treatment, and said that…
[This article is an adapted excerpt from On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance, which was published in…
Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her chronic pain, following some cancer-related surgeries.…