addiction

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02.20.17

By Sarah Berman
A famous 1998 TV spot released by the government to discourage heroin use in America

Why Every Generation Freaks Out About a New Drug

02.13.17

By Maia Szalavitz
Bowie, Elvis and Lemmy: Which Famous Drug Diet Was the Worst?

01.26.17

By Hannah Ewens
Why Do People Do Drugs at Work?

01.07.17

By Matthieu Beigbeder
What I Learned from My First 36 Days in Crystal Meth Anonymous

12.28.16

By Alexander Cheves
How Weed Is Helping Opioid Users Beat Addiction

12.17.16

By Manisha Krishnan
No, Weed Doesn’t Make You a Better Driver

12.08.16

By Jake Kivanç
A Brief History of Getting So Wasted You Forget You Created Important Pop Culture

12.06.16

By Mike Pearl
Partying with John Waters in 1970s Provincetown

11.27.16

By Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
Why the Codependency Myth of Drug Addiction Needs to Die

10.26.16

By Maia Szalavitz
I’m Bored Unless I’m Drunk, But Is That Actually a Problem?

10.14.16

By Julian Morgans
Dear Mom, This Is Why I’m Addicted: A Letter from a Lost Daughter

10.04.16

By Elizabeth Elliot

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Life

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Gaming

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