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# WVU Magazine (2023)
- URL: https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wvu-magazine-2023/
- Published: 2023-09-13T18:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-06-20T18:17:49.000Z
- Author: Jonathan JK Stoltman (PhD)
- Tags: In the News, Reporting on Addiction

# [With Purpose: Reporting on Addiction](https://magazine.wvu.edu/stories/2023/04/09/with-purpose-reporting-on-addiction)

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"The language journalists use must be precise, must be fair and above all, do no harm. In reporting on addiction for the last several decades, the media — both print and broadcast — have used language dealing with the disease that breaks all of those rules, leaving those who are experiencing addiction in their lives to face additional stigma and discrimination, and communities ill-informed on how to solve the problems substance misuse creates."

[WVU Magazine | With Purpose: Reporting on AddictionThe language journalists use must be precise, must be fair and above all, do no harm. Journalists can create change by changing their language.![](https://magazine.wvu.edu/favicon.ico)West Virginia UniversityWritten by Pam Pritt![](https://magazine.wvu.edu/files/0356aed2-432e-4e6c-91dd-c2bfd382055f/284x90?cb=6a7521a1e2fefbe6ee1b9ef50ae7cd12)](https://magazine.wvu.edu/stories/2023/04/09/with-purpose-reporting-on-addiction)

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