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Why We Get High Jun. 14, 2014
Finally, an explanation of why so many of us get high — from "Dr. Ecstasy," the chemist who he... Read More
Wizard of Id
Jun. 13, 2014
Who Owns You? Jun. 11, 2014
Darcy Olsen, president of the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute, and Richard Garr, president of Neur... Read More
Truth, the Anti-Drug Jun. 07, 2014
We can debate the science of marijuana, a drug, and challenge the soundness of public policy about i... Read More
Helping Versus Enabling May. 27, 2014
Dear Jenny: My son is addicted to drugs. He is constantly in trouble, and has been in jail for posse... Read More
Smoke and Mirrors May. 17, 2014
No, smoke won't get in my eyes on this one. It won't cloud my perspective, either. But where there's... Read More
Freed Prisoner of the Drug War May. 04, 2014
MOBILE, Ala. — "That situation didn't define who I was," Clarence Aaron, 45, told a group gath... Read More
If Lethal Injection Is Torture, Who's Responsible? May. 02, 2014
News reports this week were filled with lamentations from death penalty opponents about the messy an... Read More
Getting Better Apr. 12, 2014
It's not a can of worms I've opened with my suggestion that recovery from addiction isn't an easy ex... Read More
If Not 'Fixed,' Then What? Apr. 05, 2014
All the time, people want treatment for addiction to "fix" their problem or the problem that's teari... Read More
Bullies Rule Mar. 26, 2014
We're told government protects us, but protectors quickly become bullies. Take the Food and Drug Adm... Read More
Meantime, Lest We Forget the 88,000 Mar. 22, 2014
Perhaps it is just a legend that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. But while the rest of us are all fi... Read More
Generation Recovery's Big Issue Mar. 15, 2014
There is a man who knows what his 21-year-old daughter in college needs to do to overcome addiction ... Read More
Don't Lecture Me Mar. 03, 2014
DR. WALLACE: I'm 16 and have a bad case of acne. I read your column regularly, and when teens compla... Read More
The Injustice of Denial Feb. 22, 2014
The other day, a woman wrote to me from prison, where she's been doing time for her role in a gang m... Read More
The Barn
Feb. 11, 2014
Heroin Makes a Comeback Feb. 08, 2014
Heroin is back — with a vengeance. It never really disappeared from the drug-culture landscap... Read More
Heroin and Marijuana Aren't Equally Dangerous Feb. 06, 2014
The apparent heroin overdose death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman already has become a hockey puck ... Read More
Abusive, Unhealthy Relationship Is Probably Not Worth Fixing Jan. 30, 2014
Dear John: I'm a 17-year-old girl with an 18-year-old boyfriend. Alan's friends are losers. By this,... Read More
Would You Trust the System if Your Kid Were On Trial? Jan. 19, 2014
Clarence Aaron described his time in federal prison serving life without parole for a first-time non... Read More
