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Addiction

Framed kratom leaves sit beneath a container of kratom

Addiction

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Published Feb 28, 2025

Johns Hopkins assistant professor Kirsten Smith has become a leading voice on the contentious herbal supplement kratom

Changemakers

Policy solutions to combat addiction

Published Aug 16, 2023

Jacqueline Hackett, who earned a MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, serves as deputy chief of staff for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

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Q+A

Addiction and recovery: A philosopher's view

Published Sept 16, 2022

Philosophy Professor Hanna Pickard suggests that no case of addiction is exactly like another—and understanding why someone chooses to continue using drugs despite the personal cost is vital to their recovery

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A bioethicist discovers the pain of opioid withdrawal

Published Fall 2019

In his new book, bioethicist Travis Rieder blends a personal account of drug dependence with a broad exploration of America's byzantine opioid problem / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Philosophy

Hanna Pickard, an expert in moral psychology, named 45th BDP

Published July 10, 2019

Her research centers on the nature of mental disorders and how society ought to respond to maladaptive behaviors like crime and addiction

Gaming Disorder has been recently added to the ICD

Technology

Is gaming addiction a medical disorder?

Published June 21, 2019

Hopkins alum says the recent designation of Gaming Disorder as a medical condition is a decision that lacks nuance and may overlook important social components of gaming