Tag: addiction

    Beyond the Panic: A Harm Reduction Lens for Teen Drug Use

    Adolescent drug use often triggers moral panics, fear-mongering and the passage of draconian laws ...

    Trump Launches Recovery Initiative Taking Aim at “Disease of Addiction”

    On January 29 President Donald Trump issued an executive order launching “The Great American ...

    “Shuffle” Exposes the Corrupt, Abusive Sober Homes Industry

    Shuffle is that rare documentary about drug use and rehab that doesn’t offer a ...

    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 ...

    A Son in a Sober-Living Home, Lost to Overdose

    [This article is excerpted from the book Rehab: An American Scandal. You can read ...

    A Brief History of LSD Treatment for Alcohol Addiction at the VA

    Characteristics of the “psychedelic renaissance” of recent years have included numerous studies indicating benefits ...

    An Instructive Experience With Opium Poppy Tea 

    Like many overthinkers and traumatized people, I sleep poorly. My insomnia sometimes worsens to ...

    The Rise and Fall of Confrontational Alcohol Addiction “Treatment”

    Confrontational counseling, sometimes known as attack therapy, is most commonly associated with so-called “therapeutic ...

    Kentucky Shelves Plan to Use Opioid Settlement Cash for Ibogaine Pilot

    A plan in Kentucky to create an ibogaine treatment and research pilot with opioid ...