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To Move Beyond Abstinence-Only, We Need Better Tools to Measure Recovery

Recovery from a substance use disorder has traditionally been conflated with “sobriety,” or total abstinence. In reality, many people recover…

December 1, 2025

“Ugly” COP11 Attacks THR, But Nations Avert Worst Damage

The World Health Organization’s 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ended on…

November 26, 2025

The Georgia Parole Board Pardoned a Turkey

Each year when the president did the White House turkey pardons it always seemed kinda funny, even from prison. Seeing…

November 26, 2025

Twenty States Sue Trump Admin Over Cuts to Housing-First Grants

A coalition of state attorneys general is suing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over drastic changes to…

November 26, 2025

DULF’s Constitutional Challenge to Compassion-Club Charges Begins

As British Columbia’s overdose crisis escalated in the second half of the 2010s, Jeremy Kalicum was getting his first experience…

November 25, 2025

New Jersey Advances Bill to Legalize Psilocybin for Therapeutic Use

New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a bill to provide regulated therapeutic access to psilocybin for adults with qualifying health conditions, with plans…

November 25, 2025

“Clock Starts to Tick,” Amid Trump’s Venezuela Build-Up

The United States continues its heavy military build-up in the Caribbean, and continues to strike boats off the coast of…

November 25, 2025

SAMHSA Brings Back State-Level Reports on Drug Use, Mental Health

On November 24, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published reports measuring behavioral health for each of…

November 25, 2025

PA Clears Jails to Use Unspent Vivitrol Funds on Methadone and Suboxone

Pennsylvania is expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for people in county jails, both during incarceration and…

November 24, 2025

Are Methadone Clinics Really “Evolving” Toward Harm Reduction?

“The Evolving Field of Opioid Treatment” was the theme of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD)…

November 24, 2025