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 ...
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 ...
