Sober living

Injecting drugs with shared needles increases the risk of contracting HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. There are serious health risks to misusing OTC cold and cough products, including increased blood pressure, loss of consciousness, and overdose. Over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medications can be misused more easily than others because they’re often easy for teens […]

Though anti-doping is predicated on promoting athlete health, the current approach has been criticized as being paternalistic (Kayser & Smith, 2008) or ignoring social and sport realities of substance use (Smith & Stewart, 2015). Proposed models of doping harm reduction have focused on centring athlete health, though have differed in their overall approach. One liberalized approach by