The Potential Fatal Flaw in Andrew Yang’s Opioid Policy
Forcing overdose patients into treatment centers is neither evidence-based nor sensible.
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Casting stones at Jordan Peterson for seeking benzodiazepine treatment is stigmatizing self-righteousness.
View ArticleIs Cannabis Helpful or Harmful for Mental Health?
Richard Feynman has been quoted as stating: If you think you understand quantum mechanics, then you don’t. It is perhaps not a quantum leap to make the same claim about cannabis.
View ArticleThe Hypocrisy of Cancel Culture and Its Variants
Imagine if a clinical psychologist greeted people with shame and hastily judged them from a perspective of self-righteousness as morally inferior.
View ArticleFrom Reefer Madness to Reefer Fadness
Rather than a single substance, it is best to conceptualize cannabis as a chemical soup with over 500 ingredients that can be served in countless different ways.
View ArticleA Mental Health Challenge That Could Improve Your Life
If you practice what is described in this article, your life might improve.
View ArticleThe Psychology of Alternative Medicine
It is in the service of healthcare promotion to correct pseudoscientific misinformation by appealing to both our rational and intuitive tendencies.
View Article3 Ways That Pseudoscientific Therapies Can Be Harmful
Pseudoscientific therapies can directly produce harm, indirectly deprive resources from supported treatments, and can further erode scientific foundations and trust.
View ArticleWhy Do People Fall for Fake Science News?
Fake science news is not a benign topic, particularly when it comes to the treatment of medical conditions.
View ArticleDrug Addiction vs. Drug Dependence
People commonly confuse the terms "drug addiction" and "drug dependence." To understand why, it's important to situate the distinction in its historical-medical context.
View ArticleThe Dullest Tool in the Belt of a Pseudoscientific Agenda
"Scientists know that the plural of anecdote is not data; no matter how many testimonials you accumulate, they can’t ever prove that the treatment works."
View ArticleGaps in Scientific Knowledge Doesn't Justify Pseudoscience
The next time that you hear someone say, “Science doesn’t have all of the answers,” you might want to question exactly what they mean.
View ArticleCannabis Misinformation and COVID-19
While many bogus COVID-19 cures have been circulated, the internet would be remiss to neglect its notoriously favorite panacea for all ailments: cannabis.
View ArticleWelcome to Anxiety Management 101
Dr. Joel Minden gets it—he understands the nature of anxiety and how to successfully treat its symptoms when they become debilitating.
View ArticleThe Vagina Bible Empowers Women with Accurate Information
"The Vagina Bible" aims to empower women by providing them with accurate information about their bodies, and ultimately, helps women to connect with themselves.
View ArticleThe War Against Pseudoscience is Ideological, Not Personal
The general public is the audience of the science communicator, not the ideologically possessed.
View ArticleWhy Do People Troll Online?
Trolling isn’t caused by any one reason, but rather by many reasons that can add up and interact with each other in a perfect storm to produce trolling.
View ArticleIs Anti-Psychiatry Ideology Dangerous?
Part 1: Why the extremism of anti-psychiatry can undermine legitimate issues.
View ArticleThe Dangers of Anti-Psychiatry Ideology: An Interview
Part 2: How anti-psychiatry rhetoric stigmatizes people who experience psychiatric disorders.
View ArticleThe Plural of Anecdote Is Misinformation
Scientific expertise matters and lives are at stake. It’s time to park egos, politics, conjecture, pseudoscience, propaganda—and anecdotes.
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