Elisabeth Poorman
The lives of drug users are more important than ...

The reason our policies have failed is because we have not confronted a simple truth: We must care more about saving and improving the lives of people who use drugs than stopping drug use.

The lives of drug users are more important than stopping drug use
Elisabeth Poorman
Well-being in a Post-Pandemic World: Insight ...

Residents who have experienced different waves of this crisis expressed frustration, fear, and hope about what they experienced, and what the future will bring.

Well-being in a Post-Pandemic World: Insight from Residents on the Frontlines
Elisabeth Poorman
Seattle doctors have learned the hard way about ...

I asked Dr. Lake what she wanted other doctors to know outside of Washington.

“This is going to get worse,” she told me after a long pause. “And we all have to hold each other up."

Seattle doctors have learned the hard way about coronavirus. Here are some lessons
Elisabeth Poorman
Telling a thousand strangers about my mistake ...

Telling a thousand strangers about my lowest point in medicine was harder, and more rewarding, than I anticipated. It also taught me about medicine’s destructive culture of shame.

Telling a thousand strangers about my mistake was harder and more rewarding than I anticipated.
Elisabeth Poorman
We Need To Talk about Weed

The assumption is that marijuana is safe, and even good for our health. But as anyone who uses weed will tell you, these are not your grandma’s pot brownies.

We Need To Talk about Weed

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