On AlterNet: drug addiction

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "drug addiction"

Why Do People Become Addicts?

Terrence McNally, AlterNet. October 19, 2011.

Dr. Gabor Mate discusses with AlterNet the principles of harm reduction, the connections between ADD and addiction, and the work he's done with drug addicts.

Amy Winehouse: Reflections from Two Drug Policy Activists

Meghan Ralston, Tony Newman, AlterNet. July 26, 2011.

While speculation is rife about a possible drug overdose, it doesn't really matter. Winehouse was haunted with struggles none of us will understand.

7 Bad Ass Comedians -- Including Dave Chappelle, Richard Pryor, George Carlin -- Who Refused to Sell Out

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 16, 2011.

Seven funny folks have changed their lives for progressivism -- some on purpose, some not so much -- and made us laugh in the process.

Vision: The Idea That Drug Addicts Should Be Treated, Not Locked Up, Is Making Waves

Katie Hyslop, Megaphone Magazine. December 29, 2010.

The U.S. and Canada are making significant strides towards mainstreaming harm reduction, but there are still walls to knock down.

A Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man

Rich Benjamin, AlterNet. July 9, 2010.

Confessions of a white crackhead and literary wunderkind: Bill Clegg discusses drugs, booze, literature and interracial sex.

Trading Sex for Money, Drugs, Survival: What It's Like to Be a Street Prostitute

Anonymous, AlterNet. June 29, 2010.

The lives of street prostitutes who have sex for money to survive are very different than our idealized images of 'high-class' call girls.

Michael Douglas's Son Faces More Time Than a Murderer or a Rapist for a Nonviolent Drug Charge

Anthony Papa, AlterNet. January 31, 2010.

The government is hell-bent on punishing Cameron Douglas for the crime of being an addict.

Rockefeller Drug Laws Are a Crime

Anthony Papa, Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. March 5, 2009.

Drug addiction shouldn't be a crime -- the real crime would be if reform of New York's draconian drug laws were stymied yet again.

Vancouver's Radical Approach to Drugs: Let Junkies Be Junkies

Vince Beiser, Miller-McCune Magazine. November 18, 2008.

Welcome to North America's only officially sanctioned "supervised injection site."

Reborn MLB Slugger Josh Hamilton Is One Lucky Former Drug Addict

Anthony Papa, AlterNet. July 17, 2008.

Hamilton was lucky enough to be able to afford treatment and get access right away. Most people cannot afford it.

It's Time To Get Rid of the Good-People-vs.-Bad-People View of Drug Use

Maggie Mahar, Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. June 25, 2008.

When discussing treatments for drug addiction, instead of arguing about ideology, let's look at science.

Pop Star Scandals Highlight National Problem With Addiction

Guest Blogger, June 7, 2007.

Courtney E. Martin: The behavior of celebs like Paris Hilton and Linsday Lohan is not only self-destructive but contributes to the destruction of the way a nation of girls frames their limits and possibilities.