Some Chloroquine-AZT Parallels and Science’s Credibility Struggles
As an anthropologist and STS researcher, a great deal of my academic career has been proudly dedicated to studying and denouncing the …
Meet nitrous oxide: the fun drug that, because of prohibition, is terrible for the environment
The War on Drugs is an expensive, harmful disaster. It’s the most destructive and racist set of policies that exist in the …
Tweaking Narratives of War
Este contenido está disponible en español aquí. Stories of war and violence have permeated the daily life of Colombians for more than …
Fear and Loathing in Atlanta
Content warning: racism, violence, mention of miscarriage. I was on my way to the airplane that would take me back home, to …
How to convince people that drugs need to be legalized: a guide for getting normies on board.
I’ve developed a really nerdy, but kickass, superpower. Give me twenty minutes of one-on-one conversation time with a person, any person, and …
Why abstinence-only drug education doesn’t work—in fact, it backfires spectacularly.
I talked to a lot of middle-class recreational drug users for my research. None of them had any idea when they were …