9 Best Articles in 2021
The Guardian
Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?
The Guardian
~19 min read · 134 saves · From 2017 · The long read: Since it decriminalised all drugs in 2001, Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime
The Guardian
We can no longer ignore the potential of psychedelic drugs to treat depression
The Guardian
4 min read · 281 saves · 2020-06-08 · At Imperial College we’ve been comparing psilocybin to conventional drugs – and the results are potentially game-changing, says Robin Carhart-Harris
Aeon+Psyche
How each generation gets the drugs it deserves
Aeon+Psyche
~13 min read · 70 saves · From 2017 · LSD in the ’60s; ecstasy in the ’80s; ‘smart’ drugs today: how we get high reflects the desires and fears of our times
Reveal
Immigrant children forcibly injected with drugs, lawsuit claims
Reveal
7 min read · 34 saves · From 2018 · New legal filings show immigrant children in U.S. custody are subdued with powerful psychiatric drugs.
In Health
Nature
First hint that body’s ‘biological age’ can be reversed
Nature
3 min read · 246 saves · 2019-09-05 · Alison Abbott · In a small trial, a cocktail of drugs seemed to rejuvenate the body’s ‘epigenetic clock’.
HuffPost
The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think
HuffPost
~13 min read · 110 saves · From 2017 · It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned -- and all through this long century of waging war on drugs, we have been told a story about ad...
ProPublica
The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates
ProPublica
~12 min read · 115 saves · From 2017 · Hospitals and pharmacies are required to toss expired drugs, no matter how expensive or vital. Meanwhile the FDA has long known that many remain safe and potent for years longer.
Harper's Magazine
[Report] | Legalize It All, by Dan Baum
Harper's Magazine
20+ min read · 59 saves · From 2016 · How to win the war on drugs
Aeon+Psyche
The lure of ‘cool’ brain research is stifling psychotherapy
Aeon+Psyche
4 min read · 97 saves · 2020-03-04 · The lure of ‘cool’ brain research – and psychotropic drugs – are stifling psychotherapy. Has bioreductionism gone too far?
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The New York Times
Biden Picks Former F.D.A. Chief to Lead Federal Vaccine Efforts
The New York Times
9 min read · 54 saves · Jan 15th · Sheila Kaplan · Dr. David Kessler, who helped speed the development and approval of AIDS drugs in the 1990s, will become the top science official at Operation Warp Speed.
BBC Breaking News
Two more life-saving Covid drugs discovered
BBC Breaking News
2 min read · 11 saves · Jan 7th · The drugs, which save an extra life for every 12 intensive care patients treated, can be used immediately, say experts.
The Wall Street Journal
Experimental Drugs Aim to Treat Long-Haul Covid Patients
The Wall Street Journal
2020-12-21 · People suffering from debilitating symptoms for months after getting sick with Covid could get some relief if drugs prove effective in trials.
The Economist
Another life-saving treatment is found for covid-19
The Economist
1 min read · 17 saves · Jan 7th · Two drugs for arthritis prove strikingly effective
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The New York Times
Generation Adderall
The New York Times
~18 min read · 90 saves · From 2017 · Like many of my friends, I spent years using prescription stimulants to get through school and start my career. Then I tried to get off them.
The New York Times
Ending the War on Drugs
The New York Times
~12 min read · 56 saves · 2019-08-23 · Nicholas Kristof · While other cities are jailing drug users, Seattle has found another way.
Fast Company
The billion-dollar race to change how drugs are made
Fast Company
4 min read · 27 saves · 2019-09-20 · Ruth Reader · Alphabet’s AI lab DeepMind is proving that artificial intelligence can be game-changing for drug discovery. Could savvy upstarts upend Big Pharma?
In Design
Aeon+Psyche
If the internet is addictive, why don’t we regulate ...
Aeon+Psyche
~15 min read · 146 saves · From 2015 · Websites and apps are designed for compulsion, even addiction. Should the net be regulated like drugs or casinos?
The New Yorker
The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs
The New Yorker
76 saves · 2019-02-09 · Millions of Americans have taken antidepressants for many years. What happens when it’s time to stop?
The New York Times
Trump’s Embrace of Unproven Drugs to Treat Coronavirus Defies Science
The New York Times
5 min read · 32 saves · 2020-03-20 · Doctors and patients also worry that the president’s rosy outlook for the treatments will exacerbate shortages of old malaria drugs relied on by patients with lupus and other debilitating conditions.
WIRED UK
Would you take LSD to give you a boost at work? WIRED takes a trip inside the…
WIRED UK
20+ min read · 62 saves · From 2016 · Under pressure to perform, Silicon Valley champions are taking tiny hits of LSD before heading to work. Are they risking their health or optimising it?
London Review of Books
LRB · Misha Glenny and Callum Lang
London Review of Books
10 min read · 21 saves · 2019-10-31 · In early February this year, what appeared to be a website glitch sent thousands of drugs-buyers into a panic. Liam (not his real name), a student at Manchester University, needed to buy some MDMA for…
In Brain
Science Magazine
Meet the ‘psychobiome’: the gut bacteria that may alter how you think, feel, and act
Science Magazine
~19 min read · 157 saves · 2020-05-07 · Elizabeth Pennisi · Scientists hope to turn gut microbes or their products into new antidepressants or drugs for other brain disorders
