A Critical Discourse

SUBSTANCE USE

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OBAMA-BIDEN SURGEON GENERAL SLIPS IN INTERVIEW, EXPOSES “CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE” MODEL OF ADDICTION AS FICTION

April 26, 2019

Vox headline about doctors treating opioid misuse

DECONSTRUCTED – MEDIA FAILURE DRIVES AMERICA’S WORSENING SUBSTANCE USE EPIDEMICS

April 22, 2019

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OPIOID CRISIS V2: AMERICA’S TOP MEDIA AND MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS SPIN LETHAL PUBLIC HEALTH DISINFORMATION

April 10, 2019

teenaged girls smoking cigarette

FROM JAMA-ENDORSED MEDICAL HARM REDUCTION TO CHILD SUBSTANCE USE EPIDEMIC

April 5, 2019

bottles of medications on shelves

MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR NON-MEDICAL CONDITIONS CAUSE HARM

February 27, 2019

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BIOLOGICAL HOMEOSTASIS AND ADAPTATION ARE NOT DISEASES

February 20, 2019

drug users on the street

NO, METHADONE IS NOT THE NEW METHADONE

February 12, 2019

Sign outside a Hazelden treatment center

ADDICTION: A COMPLEX, LIFE-THREATENING COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR WITH TREATMENT PROVIDED BY . . . . NO, SERIOUSLY

January 23, 2019

Young person smoking a cigarette

UPDATE – NICOTINE LINKS YOUTH VAPING, REVERSAL OF DECLINES IN CIGARETTE SMOKING, NEW TROUBLING DIABETES TRENDS

December 6, 2018

Teen girl with cigarette

UPDATE – FRANCE JOINS U.S. AND CANADA ON THE GATEWAY LIST: AS VAPING BOOMS AMONG YOUTH, CIGARETTE USE REBOUNDING, NOT DOWN

November 28, 2018

teenaged girl vaping

TEEN VAPING: MORE EVIDENCE, AGAIN, POINTING TO BOOMING E-CIGARETTE USE WORSENING, NOT PREVENTATIVE FOR, CIGARETTE SMOKING

November 15, 2018

Graph showing increasing youth vaping

VAPING POPULATION GATEWAY EFFECT? AS VAPING INCREASES, CIGARETTE USE REBOUNDING, NOT DOWN, IN BOTH U.S. AND CANADA

November 6, 2018

ROUNDUP: EXPERT MEDICAL MISINFORMATION FOR A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS; SIGNS OF EXPERT SOBRIETY IN BALTIMORE; SHUT UP ABOUT PSILOCYBIN

April 3, 2026 No Comments

UPDATE ONTARIO CANADA: SURGING HIGH-RISK USE AND OVERDOSE IN A PROVINCE-WIDE WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS

March 27, 2026 No Comments

VALID MEASURES OF A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS: WITH SUPPLY CHANGES, RISKIER USE AND MORE OVERDOSES IN ARIZONA

March 20, 2026 No Comments

TRENDING: OPIOID CRISIS FATAL OVERDOSE EXCEPTIONS ARE PROVING THE LETHAL RULE

March 13, 2026 No Comments

IT’S HARD TO HIDE A WORSENING OPIOID CRISIS

March 6, 2026 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO FENTANYL OVERDOSE DEATHS INCREASED LAST YEAR, PREDICTABLY

February 27, 2026 No Comments

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