High Wire

Drugs

Brain Implants to Treat Addiction Are Dangerous and Promising

05.05.20

By Maia Szalavitz
Health

A Vending Machine in Canada Is Dispensing a Drug Twice as Strong as Heroin

02.10.20

By Maia Szalavitz
Drugs

What Happens When a ‘Progressive’ Democrat Refuses to Help People with Addiction

12.20.19

By Maia Szalavitz
Health

Doctors Are Still Denying People Pain Meds and the Results Are Deadly

11.04.19

By Maia Szalavitz
Health

The Bankruptcy Money From the Makers of Oxycontin Might Actually Save Lives

10.24.19

By Maia Szalavitz
Health

The DEA Shares Blame for the Opioid Crisis

09.16.19

By Maia Szalavitz
Drugs

Weed Is Way Stronger Than It Used to Be. That’s Why It Should Be Legal

09.12.19

By Maia Szalavitz
Drugs

Democrats Are Racing to Look Progressive on Drugs

08.30.19

By Maia Szalavitz
Health

An Unprecedented Drop in Overdose Deaths Is Sadly Not Reason to Celebrate

07.22.19

By Maia Szalavitz
Drugs

Facebook Is Censoring Posts That Could Save Opioid Users’ Lives

07.02.19

By Maia Szalavitz
Drugs

The Mysterious Consequences of Repeatedly Overdosing on Opioids

06.05.19

By Maia Szalavitz
Health

After Leaving Thousands in Agony, the CDC Is Finally Clarifying Its Painkiller Restrictions

04.25.19

By Maia Szalavitz

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Life

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Music

Why Snoop Dogg ‘Chose No Sides’ in the Kendrick Lamar-Drake Beef

Snoop chose not to get involved in the Kendrick Lamar-Drake, beef but does believe that Kendrick’s song “Not Like Us” united “the West.”

11.21.24

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Life

‘AI Jesus’ Is Now Taking Confessions at a Church in Switzerland

AI Jesus has logged on.

11.21.24

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Music

Jay-Z’s Team Roc Sues Kansas Police for Corruption and Abuse Records

Team ROC, a social justice organization run by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, filed a lawsuit against Kansas City police over alleged corruption and abuse.

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