A collage of moneys being crumpled up over shapes of different pills.

Broken Medicine Kim Kelly Jul 8, 2019

For Pharma Companies, Killing is Their Business, and Business is Good

Kim Kelly Jul 8, 2019

Pharmaceutical companies have been hiking drug prices for decades, leaving many forced to decide between basic needs like housing and food, and the medication that keeps them alive.

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Drugs Diana-Ashley Krach Feb 27, 2018

What’s Missing In the Opioid Crisis Conversation

Diana-Ashley Krach Feb 27, 2018

Why is it harder for patients to obtain cannabis as an alternative therapy for pain than it is to get a prescription for opiates like fentanyl?

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Corruption Robin Marty Jun 1, 2017

‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ Ep. 8: Would You Rather Be a Handmaid or a Jezebel?

Robin Marty Jun 1, 2017

As it turns out, the sanctimonious evangelical Commanders are just as hypocritical and corrupt in dystopic Gilead as their evangelical GOP lawmaking counterparts in present-day U.S.A.

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Advice Kate Tuttle Dec 2, 2015

Mom, Did You Ever Smoke Weed?

Kate Tuttle Dec 2, 2015

The day will come when our kids will ask questions about our sordid past. How much do we tell them?

Addiction Julie Klam Sep 9, 2015

Dear Julie: “My Best Friend Started Dating My Brother!”

Julie Klam Sep 9, 2015

DAME’s Friendkeeper untangles some family ties and helps an addict face the truth of a toxic friendship.

Divorce Carrie Borzillo Jun 16, 2015

Debauchery Is Fun—to Visit

Carrie Borzillo Jun 16, 2015

After divorcing a musician, the writer swore off her rock lifestyle. But a week on the decadent Gumball road trip made her realize that having a good time isn’t always so black and white.

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Addiction Alana Massey Sep 24, 2014

Where the Sick Go to Become Well

Alana Massey Sep 24, 2014

A spiritual quest took the writer, a former user, from Yale Divinity School to a 12-step program in her pursuit of sobriety. But does faith in a higher power really work?

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Alcohol Kate Harding Aug 25, 2014

You Can’t Fight Rape With Nail Polish

Kate Harding Aug 25, 2014

Inventors are creating roofie-detecting products like nail polish, straws, and coasters. But why go through all the trouble when you can just listen to the testimony of a rape victim?

Alcohol Jessie Gaskell Nov 18, 2012

10 Just-For-Women Products We’d Love To See

Jessie Gaskell Nov 18, 2012

We already have pens, razors and tool kits for women. But why stop there?

Drugs Kristi VandenBosch Mar 22, 2012

Fear And Loathing At The Republican Primaries

Kristi VandenBosch Mar 22, 2012

Hunter S. Thompson saw this madness coming 40 years ago.