stigma

“Cannamoms” Find Community Can Overcome Stigma

Almost nobody in Ashley’s* life knows that she uses cannabis to help cope with her anxiety as a mother. She’s…

January 10, 2024

UK Medical Cannabis Access Beset With Social and Systemic Barriers

While a number of countries have been taking recent steps toward legalizing cannabis, the United Kingdom lags behind. Unlike in…

January 8, 2024

Organ Transplants: Why People Who Use Drugs Rarely Get Them

The perception is widespread: If you have a history of drug use, your chances of a transplant for a failing…

December 22, 2023

“Fentanyl Poisoning” Narrative Imposes a Hierarchy of Grief

In November, the Kansas City Star reported: “To those in our area who have lost their children to fentanyl, the…

December 21, 2023

Is It Time to Abandon the Term “Smoker”?

Words matter, particularly when they’re entwined with issues of identity. Labels have the capacity to erase the multi-faceted nature of…

November 21, 2023

Hospital Addiction Consult Teams Seek to Fight Stigma, Meet Needs

As people continue to suffer with the many preventable side effects of not having a safe drug supply, Addiction Consult…

November 2, 2023

Watch: Stigma Hampers Recruitment for Nicotine Research

Dr. Paul Newhouse has been studying nicotine for three decades, but it’s only in the last few years that he’s…

October 16, 2023

“We’ll Find Ways”: TX Harm Reduction Alliance Navigates Eviction Threat

The Texas Harm Reduction Alliance (THRA) is fighting on after its landlord threatened it with eviction over the nature of…

September 22, 2023

Dose Makes the Poison: The “Chemicals” Smear Against Vaping

In 1997, a shocking headline in the Washington Post proclaimed, “DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE: UNRECOGNIZED KILLER.” The article correctly noted that “DHMO”…

September 22, 2023

Why I Won’t Celebrate National Recovery Month

It’s National Recovery Month. But I won’t be evangelizing about my recovery, taking the first or any other step on…

September 14, 2023