Adolescent drug use often triggers moral panics, fear-mongering and the passage of draconian laws to “keep the kids safe” by…
On January 29 President Donald Trump issued an executive order launching “The Great American Recovery Initiative,” a White House campaign…
Shuffle is that rare documentary about drug use and rehab that doesn’t offer a pastel, happily-ever-after ending and doesn’t engage…
Recovery from a substance use disorder has traditionally been conflated with “sobriety,” or total abstinence. In reality, many people recover…
[This article is excerpted from the book Rehab: An American Scandal. You can read Filter's interview with the author here.]…
Characteristics of the “psychedelic renaissance” of recent years have included numerous studies indicating benefits of psychedelic drugs for therapeutic use—with…
Like many overthinkers and traumatized people, I sleep poorly. My insomnia sometimes worsens to the point that I feel the…
There are all kinds of reasons a person who uses drugs might need to go to the emergency room. These…
Confrontational counseling, sometimes known as attack therapy, is most commonly associated with so-called "therapeutic communities" for people with addictions. It…
A plan in Kentucky to create an ibogaine treatment and research pilot with opioid settlement funding has run aground. It…