What Should We Call JFK’s Sex Addiction?
A new book discusses JFK’s sex addiction. What’s left out are the debates about what qualifies as a sex addiction, whether it is a legitimate condition, or even if the term is ethical to use.
Cancer Rates Linked to Alcohol Use Doubled Since 1990
A new study links alcohol use to an increased risk for colorectal, esophageal, breast, pancreatic, and prostate cancers. Less than half of American adults know the correlation between drinking and cancer.
Fentanyl Vaccine May Move to Human Trials
Chemists develop a vaccine that could enable the body’s immune system to identify fentanyl molecules, creating an internal “stop sign.”
Infinite Scroll, Autoplay Coming to a Stop in California
New laws in California require social media companies to either stop offering “addictive” tools like infinite scroll and autoplay to users under 16 or keep those users off their platforms entirely.
Rise of the Cigfluencer
The rise of smoking and its popularity with Gen Z tracks with the rise in social media use and the loneliness epidemic.
Tyranny of Unpaid Labor, Missing Data Wrapped in the Flag
Boston-area Adult & Teen Challenge recovery centers are charged with forcing recovery patients into unpaid labor. Removal of federal data collection of addiction across America reflects a similar attitude of looking the other way.