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Tag: stigma
“Mind Control Menace”—The FDA’s Comic Attempt to Terrify Teen Vapers
A terrible menace has descended on a small town. It appears to be a ...
In Nigeria, a Young Generation Finds Its Way Past Myths About Drug Use
In the late 2000s, Nigeria witnessed a surge in various kinds of drug use. ...
What It’s Like to Be “Out” as a Person Who Uses Heroin
In May 2019 Louise Vincent, executive director of the Urban Survivors Union, urged privileged ...
“I Can’t Be Friends With You Anymore”—How Stigma Isolates Young Drug Users
One of the last memories I have of hanging out with my friend Jana ...
Public Injection Isn’t the Problem—It’s Stigma and Prohibition
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for police to double down on the war ...
The Drug War’s “Science-Based” Training on “Dopers and Parasites”
A federally funded training program for law enforcement and other students offers a course ...
The Real Harms of Abusive, Stigmatizing Language in Addiction Treatment
Ironically, the conversation that spurred a peer-support specialist at a buprenorphine program to yell ...
Screen Depictions of Parents Who Use Drugs Still Fuel Stigma and Punishment
Let’s play a game. I’m going to describe a scene, and you guess which ...
How Psychedelic Exceptionalism Harms Drug Users
Do you feel that some drugs are inherently worse for the user than others?” ...
