books 30,000 Steps is a hilariously heartfelt page-turner about opioid deaths Thom Dunn

videogames Watch Lily Tomlin earnestly open up about her addiction to Pac-Man David Pescovitz

drugs Scientists re-engineered natural psychedelic drug as treatment for depression and addiction, without the trippy effects David Pescovitz

addiction Donald Trump, Jr. mocks Hunter Biden's struggle with addiction Thom Dunn

drugs Dopey Day to honor the lives of people who have died from addiction Rusty Blazenhoff

prison Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration Thom Dunn

drugs Watch these two Popular Science editors quit their coffee habit Mark Frauenfelder

drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow

podcast A small city mayor explains why safe drug injection sites are so effective Thom Dunn

happy mutants The Sacklers come to Sesame Street as a muppet is revealed to have had an addicted mother Cory Doctorow

Business Nobody knows how to quit vaping Cory Doctorow

Business Juul gave marketing presentations to schoolchildren in the guise of "mental health/addiction" seminars Cory Doctorow

drugs Scientific study reports that CBD reduces opioid cravings and anxiety David Pescovitz

late stage capitalism Thanks to vaping, decades of anti-smoking progress in teens has been wiped out Cory Doctorow

drugs Public watched opioid addict detox on big screens in Greenwich Village David Pescovitz

happy mutants Depictions of Addiction: a free online photography course, starting in two days Cory Doctorow

art Giant heroin spoon installed outside of OxyContin manufacturer's headquarters David Pescovitz

addiction Public ignorance about "drunk/drugged up losers" is expensive and deadly Maureen Herman

computers Confession: You can't trust a junkie with a new laptop Séamus Bellamy