Why Is There Still No Basic Standard of Medical Care for Addiction?
Treating addiction as a moral problem has failed. Our medical system must stop withholding medication-assisted treatment from those…
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The Worst Place to Die
How jail practices are killing people going through opioid withdrawals. By Jeremy Galloway (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) The…
The God Drug: When Religion Becomes an Addiction
In recent decades, the idea of recovery from addiction to religion has taken root, particularly in Christian America.…
You Can’t Stay Here (but the Alternatives Are Better)
In pursuit of mental-health and drug addiction treatment that works.
Do We Need Trigger Warnings for Depictions of Drug Use?
The use of injection imagery by the media is an overwhelming cliché, but it also dehumanizes people with…
Americans Take Tons of Opioids, Which Is Why We Had That Super Bowl Ad
The ad was for a drug that targeted constipation in just the kind of patient some say should never have been prescribed opioids in the first place.
A Conversation With ‘Prescription Thugs’ Director Chris Bell
The director of a new documentary about America's prescription drug epidemic talks Big Pharma and opens up about personal struggles with pill addiction.
How Big Pharma Gave America Its Heroin Problem
OxyContin, designed for cancer pain relief, became the drug prescribed for back and tooth aches.
The Spell of the Yukon River Quest
Three full days of paddling over 400 miles left me broken, bloody, and wanting more. Is it addiction?