Tag: stigma
Stigmatizing Drug Use Is Killing Us, But Why Is It So Hard to Stop?
Despite significant strides in drug policy in recent decades, and changing attitudes about some ...
How Deep Does New Jersey’s Anti-Stigma Messaging Really Run?
Counties across the state of New Jersey trumpet their commitment to ending stigma against ...
When Putin Labels Zelensky a “Drug Addict,” It Implicates the Wider World
After two months, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has directly caused unknown tens of thousands ...
San Francisco Hospital Program Offers Harm Reduction to Patients
In some hospitals in the United States, doctors will send people home with prescriptions ...
What I Wish Someone Had Said to Me When I Started Using Drugs
When I began using drugs, I didn’t have anyone I could safely go to ...
The Ways We “Monsterize” Drug Use, Pain and People
[This article is an adapted excerpt from On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters ...
Survey Aims to Quantify Societal Stigma Against People Who Use Drugs
Despite recent policy strides like decriminalization in Oregon and authorization of a safe consumption ...
How Can We Improve COVID Vaccine Access for People Who Use Drugs?
Millions of Americans are happy to finally be venturing out of their quarantine cocoons, ...
Can the Pandemic Usher in a New Age of Harm Reduction Awareness?
While still suffering the toll of a deadly global virus, we begin the delicate ...
Drug Use Is Perfectly Compatible With Good Parenting
Many of us are parenting while using drugs. Sometimes with a single drink at ...
