Tag: pain
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 ...
Can LSD Microdosing Be a Potent Weapon Against Pain?
LSD is a famously potent psychedelic. But new research has investigated the drug’s potential ...
IV Ketamine Shows Promise for Chronic Pain, But Doubts Remain
The Littleton, Colorado location of Ketamine Wellness Centers is in the basement level of ...
The Formidable Challenge of Understanding Pain
Whether you consider opioids to be the gold standard for treating pain or a ...
How Emergency Departments Fail Pain Patients in Need
Since 2000, Anne Fuqua has been on opioid pain medications, including fentanyl and Oxycontin, ...
