gadgets Methaphone: a clear acrylic slab to replace your phone habit Rob Beschizza

MAGA nominees RFK Jr. seems to sneak addictive Zyn pouch in mouth during hearing to Make America Healthy Again (video) Carla Sinclair

Business Casino shocked, SHOCKED that gambling addict lost $30M after they bombarded him with texts Ellsworth Toohey

News DEA fuels moral panic over ADHD meds to justify its failed drug war Mark Frauenfelder

television Unfriend him: This is how Matthew Perry wanted to be remembered Ruben Bolling

Science Boba beware! Researchers in Beijing warn of an "emerging hazardous addiction problem of milk tea among youths" Jennifer Sandlin

drugs Fentanyl and heroin vaccine ready for human trials David Pescovitz

cats The best songs about depression written from the perspective of a cat Thom Dunn

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