Maia Szalavitz

A number of new tech companies want to solve the opioid crisis with algorithms. It’s a flawed and potentially harmful proposition.

Rescheduling the drug is the beginning of the end of marijuana criminalization. Now we need to think about regulation.

How harm reduction can work in a red state.

We need a safer, kinder and more effective approach to treating troubled teenagers.

A misunderstanding of brain chemistry and neural circuitry has made people believe they should avoid pleasure.

The drug has swept across the country and brought a massive wave of overdose deaths in its wake.

Early data suggests GLP-1 drugs, renowned for their ability to assist in weight loss, may have a powerful effect on treating addiction.

Drug overdose deaths are finally declining. But it’s going to take work to keep this trend going.

America can’t go backward on drug policy.

The F.D.A. is making its biggest move yet to end smoking. It needs to be careful not to give rise to another public health crisis.