Why Facts Don't Work To Change Minds

I would be at the front of the line supporting facts as a counter to falsehood. However, there is growing evidence that confronting someone who is in error with facts as a first-line approach to them fails royally. 

Click on the link below for a science-based approach to how to initially interact with individuals who are mistaken by accepting harmful ideas:

Using harm as a universal moral outrage to better communicate 

Handling The Drug Overdose Problem With What Works

"John Oliver discusses why overdoses in the U.S. have been on the rise and what we should, and shouldn’t, be doing to prevent them."

Drug overdoses are a major blight on society and history shows the utter ineffectiveness of most programs. Click on the link below for some science-based approaches to the problem:

Harm Reduction: Last Week Today with John Oliver (HBO)