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Social Justice

We Try More Drugs Than Anyone Else, and 9 Other Ways Addiction Is Different in America

Whether it's our drug use, our laws, or the treatment options we have on offer, the U.S. frequently stands out. And that's not always something to celebrate.

Maia Szalavitz

Social Justice

The Future of Addiction: Stanton Peele’s Predictions for the Next 40 Years

My book Love and Addiction, published in 1975, proved prescient in the decades that followed. How optimistic should we be as we look further ahead?

Stanton Peele

Social Justice

HIV Research Hopes

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi shares her views on three exciting areas of HIV research.

Patrick Strudwick

Social Justice

Did Tyson Gay’s Coach Give the Sprinter Banned Substances?

Jon Drummond, saying he is facing a lifetime ban, is suing Gay and the head of U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for defamation.

David Epstein

Education

Can Recovery High Schools Keep Kids Off Drugs?

Treatment for teens with drug problems can be stigmatizing and punitive. Advocates say that recovery high schools offer a kinder, less dogmatic, and more effective alternative.

Maia Szalavitz

Social Justice

Weak Sanctions: A Major Shift in Anti-Doping Strategy

Anti-doping investigators say they would rather trade leniency for information on coaches and other athletes involved in doping.

David Epstein

News in Brief

The Dangers of Criminalizing Pregnancy Outcomes

New legislation in Tennessee has implications much wider than the use of illegal drugs by pregnant mothers-to-be.

Lauren Kirchner

Social Justice

The High Cost of Living With Cancer

The biggest pharmaceutical companies are celebrating huge profits while their patients struggle to afford their cancer-fighting drugs.

June M. McKoy

Social Justice

How Malaria Defeats Our Drugs

In the war against malaria, one small corner of the globe has repeatedly turned the tide, rendering our best weapons moot and medicine on the brink of defeat.

Ed Yong