In October 2017, Community Medical Services (CMS), an Arizona-based addiction treatment provider, opened America’s first medication-assisted treatment (MAT) clinic that…
Two superluminary rock stars, Elton John and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, have in recent weeks presented addiction-recovery paths that…
The Oregon State Senate voted in April to decrease barriers to lifesaving medical treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Senate…
For most people addiction is situational and of limited duration. In some cases, such as people in war zones, the…
Recovery from addiction is different for everyone. In my case, abstinence from heroin didn’t work. Neither did medication. Anonymous meetings,…
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Who hasn’t taken a break from dreadful news cycles to have a good laugh at the screwball crime stories attributed…
People in Massachusetts who are accused of harmful drug use often face court petitions by family members, law enforcement or…
Katherine was on the subway home from a meeting with her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor when it hit. They had just…
Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is nothing new, but nonetheless lacks a diagnosis code. This means that nobody—including the Centers for…