These People Say Kratom Is An All-Natural Cure For Addiction. The Feds Say It’s Just Another Opioid.

Drug makers conspired to worsen the opioid crisis. They have blood on their hands | Chris McGreal

Johnson & Johnson and others profited from addiction and death – and yet they still don’t think they’ve done anything wrong

Opinion | The Failed War on Drugs (Published 2018)

Attacking rampant drug abuse by trying to shut off the supply has not worked. We need to try a new approach.

FDA Designates MDMA As 'Breakthrough Therapy' For Post-Traumatic Stress

The drug, often used recreationally in the form of ecstasy, has been found to offer a potentially significant advantage over extant treatments for the disorder.

The Technological Poison Pill: How ATProtocol Encourages Competition, Resists Evil Billionaires, Lock-In & Enshittification

Disclosure: I’m on the board of Bluesky, so feel free to take as many grains of salt as you want in reading it, even though part of this is cheering on a new entrant looking to build an alternative…

Americans Invented Modern Life. We Use Opioids to Escape It.

The scale and darkness of this epidemic is a sign of a civilization in a more acute crisis than we knew.

Sanitizing the Psychedelic Revolution

Big Pharma is rushing to monetize ancient healing practices, but what’s left might not be the same medicine

Kofi Annan On Why Drug Bans Are Ineffective

Drugs are dangerous, but current narcotics policies are an even bigger threat because punishment is given a greater priority than health and human rights. It's time for regulations that put lives and safety first, argues former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Kofi Annan On Why Drug Bans Are Ineffective

Drugs are dangerous, but current narcotics policies are an even bigger threat because punishment is given a greater priority than health and human rights. It's time for regulations that put lives and safety first, argues former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted psilocybin therapy a Breakthrough Therapy designation for the second time in a year, this time with a view on accelerating trials testing its efficacy treating major depressive disorder (MDD).

Opinion | How to Win a War on Drugs (Published 2017)

Portugal treats addiction as a disease, not a crime.

A New Drug Switched Off My Appetite. What’s Left?

Mounjaro did what decades of struggle with managing weight couldn’t. Welcome to the post-hunger age.

Killer Opioid Fentanyl Could Be a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Fentanyl is so potent that a few milligrams can be fatal. Could it be used to attack the U.S.?

Ibuprofen May Not Be As Safe As You Think

Ibuprofen and naproxen have long been thought as the better pain relievers, but a study comparing them to celecoxib found surprising results

The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale

How ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogenic brew, became the latest trend in Brooklyn and Silicon Valley.

Drug Harm Reduction - Platform | The Australian Greens

Drug use occurs in all parts of our community. It affects people of all ages and backgrounds.