Harm Reduction

Celebrity Profiles

Overdose among young athletes in Fullerton, including softball players, reflects a national pattern where prescription opioids, illicit fentanyl, and stimulants intersect with y...

Health and Substance Use

This article explains how to recognize signs of methamphetamine use in photographs, the physical and behavioral cues that may appear, and the broader public health context. It i...

Cannabis Culture

MJ alcoholic is an informal phrase that typically describes a person who is deeply engaged with cannabis culture, often using cannabis multiple times per day or in large quantit...

health-and-wellness

Heroin is an illegal opioid made from morphine that causes intense euphoria and strong physical dependence. In Austin, heroin is one component of a broader opioid landscape that...

health-and-safety

Nitrous oxide, commonly called laughing gas, is a colorless, sweet-smelling gas used medically for sedation and pain relief, and recreationally for its brief euphoric effects. I...

wellness

"California sober" describes a state of abstaining from alcohol while continuing to use some substances, typically cannabis, and sometimes psychedelics, under harm-reduction or...

substance-use-and-addiction

The phrase death addict hell drug is not a clinical term but a media descriptor often used for substances that cause rapid addiction and high overdose risk. This evergreen expla...

health-media-analysis

In the HBO series Euphoria , characters die on-screen as part of the scripted narrative, including Rue Bennett, whose opioid overdose is depicted in detail across the first and...

health-explanations

Photos of meth addicts circulate widely online and in media, often intended to highlight the severity of stimulant misuse. From a public health and ethical standpoint, such imag...

health-and-safety

People use the phrase "girl drink drunk" in casual conversation, online content, and sometimes in legal or medical contexts, often to describe a state of intoxication or a speci...