Ideas & Insights
A place to look again at what we think we know about substance health.
What if something you thought you knew isn't quite the whole story?
Some of what we know about health comes from things we've learned along the way. Other ideas have simply become so familiar that we rarely think to question them.
Ideas and Insights is a place to look again.
These brief reads explore surprising connections, overlooked history, and new ways of thinking about substance health that may change what you notice, what you wonder about, and the questions you ask.
You may be surprised by what you discover.
Where Did Our Ideas About Substance Health Come From?
We inherited many ideas about substances before most of us ever had the chance to understand the health behind them. A look at where some of those assumptions came from may change what you think you know.
What If We Thought About Substance Health the Way We Think About the Rest of Our Health?
We learn about blood pressure, sleep, nutrition and other parts of health long before something is wrong. What might change if substance health had that same place in our everyday understanding?
Does Something Have to Be a Disorder Before It Matters to Our Health?
There is a lot of room between “nothing to think about” and a diagnosis. Discover why something can be worth understanding without assuming anything is wrong.
What Changes When People Can Tell the Truth About Their Health?
What we feel able to say can affect what others are able to understand about our health. See why trust, honesty and making room for the whole picture matter.
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