This article was originally published by New York Focus.
It’s been difficult to miss this fall’s ad campaign from New York’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS). The “Turn the Page on Stigma” campaign has blanketed subway cars, billboards, local television networks, and social media feeds across the state with ads reminding viewers not to judge those battling addiction.
The ads feature people holding up books or emerging out of book pages, with captions such as “Know what they say about judging a book by its cover?”…