Tag: addiction
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 ...
Atlantic Canada’s New Hospital Services for People Who Use Drugs
There are all kinds of reasons a person who uses drugs might need 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 ...
When People Ask Harm Reductionists, “What About Treatment?”
“What about treatment?” I’m commonly asked this question by well-intentioned folks when I say ...
Neither Snake Oil Nor Silver Bullet: Ibogaine for Opioid Use Disorder
“But as fascinating as the pharmacology of ibogaine [is], it is the chemistry of ...
NIDA to Fund Development of New Psychedelics-Based SUD Treatments
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting proposals to develop psychedelics into treatments ...
