To stop illegal drug use, we typically punish, isolate and shame addicts. Journalist Johann Hari explains how these methods perpetuate addiction,... Johann Hari: Does Stigmatizing Addiction Perpetuate ...

Many of the Sonoma County social workers and therapists attending Johann Hari’s talk Thursday evening at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts already had an inkling, if not a firm belief, that the ...

Recently, I was bombarded with Facebook messages and posts about an addiction story everyone got really excited about. This story followed Johann Hari’s book, Chasing the Scream, and his follow-up TED ...

In an increasingly widely disseminated TED Talk titled “Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong,” British journalist Johann Hari discusses the available research into the underlying ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. One of the best books I read this year was Chasing the Scream, in which ...