Breadman came to me recently with a harrowing story. Aged 43, he lives in South Philadelphia and acquired his nickname…
In West Virginia, which has the highest rate of opioid-involved overdose deaths in the US, injecting drugs with shared needles…
The term—and concept of—“addiction” is regularly frowned upon or even attacked by people in our field. But it won’t disappear,…
Staff confusion and incompetence seem to be responsible for the wrongful denial of disability insurance to people with substance use…
January traditionally sees a surge in rehab admission rates. And if you’re going to residential addiction treatment by choice, I…
Deaths involving opioids, methamphetamine and other drugs have reached record highs in Utah. The state government passed legislation in 2016…
It's well established that America’s addiction treatment industry fails to fully meet the needs of people with substance use disorders.…
On International Overdose Awareness Day 2018, Dean LeMire sat in the New Hampshire woods with Jim Wuelfing, pondering a dilemma.…
A one-size-fits-all approach to the "opioid epidemic" will not work, say researchers at Iowa State University. Co-authors David Peters, Shannon…
Using human beings as “guinea pigs” for unethical experiments becomes so much easier when the subjects belong to marginalized and…