Drug use has lost its stigma — and that’s dangerous

There’s a hot new onesie you’ll no doubt want to order your baby immediately. The Harm Reduction Coalition’s “extra-soft” ...
Scientific American

Why Drugs Like Ozempic Can Make People Drink Less Alcohol

A small study helps explain why some people taking Wegovy and similar weight-loss drugs cut back on alcohol, offering insight into potential new addiction therapies ...
The New York Times

As America’s Marijuana Use Grows, So Do the Harms

The drug, legal in much of the country, is widely seen as nonaddictive and safe. For some users, these assumptions are dangerously wrong. By Megan Twohey Danielle Ivory and Carson Kessler The ...
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Review Drug Effects Cartoon #6: Marijuana & Addiction (1969)

Cartoon cavemen teach us the effects of drugs, focusing on how they are consumed, their behavioral changes, and the types of dependence they create. Specifically, it highlights marijuana, noting its ...
Newsweek

‘Making America Healthy Again’ Must Start With Better Drug Policy | Opinion

The Trump-Vance administration has the opportunity to take decisive action to curb the devastating effects of drug normalization and addiction. Americans, meanwhile, are waking up to the harms of the ...
The Atlantic

What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Last month, during Elon Musk’s appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference, as he hoisted a chain saw in the air, stumbled over some of his words, ...
Los Angeles Times

Drug overdose deaths plummet in San Francisco. What’s changed?

SAN FRANCISCO — After surging during the COVID pandemic into a crushing public health emergency, drug overdose deaths in San Francisco plummeted in 2024, according to preliminary data compiled by city ...