We’re Giving the Most Vulnerable People the Most Potent Opioid Painkiller Prescriptions
Every medicine has the possibility of harmful side effects, but for painkillers like OxyContin and Percocet, that potential…
Seattle’s Mayor Agrees to Open Two Supervised Injection Sites
Seattle’s mayor and county executive have signed off on the opening of two so-called “safe” drug consumption sites…
What Trump’s Executive Order About International Abortion Funding Means
President Donald Trump signed three directives this morning, one of which appears to be a ban preventing United…
Why Some Doctors’ Groups Blocked Opioid Reform
The American Cancer Society describes itself as a “health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer.” So it might come…
What an Obamacare Repeal Would Mean for Mental-Health Treatment
If the Affordable Care Act is repealed, what’s going to happen to the tens of millions of Americans…
What An Obamacare Repeal Would Mean for Addiction Treatment
Six months after the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics began routinely asking all of their patients about drug use,…
Why Do So Many Women Love LuLaRoe?
Does a company that sells clothes through friend groups on Facebook represent the future of shopping, or an anti-feminist throwback?
Here Are Four Myths About Diversity in Science
There’s been a lot of talk about diversity in science lately: Minority scientists have written op-eds about their…
As American HIV Rates Stall, the CDC Calls for a Controversial Solution
Since the peak of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s, the number of Americans who have…