Tanesia DeMacon is no stranger to jail. She estimates she was arrested no fewer than 15 times, starting at the…
I will never forget the first time I got to speak to Dr. Mary Jeanne Kreek in a personal…
“I’m going to level with you Molly—opioids have a 97 percent relapse rate.” This is the opening line for the…
Promising results from the third stage of a clinical trial testing a medication combination to treat methamphetamine use disorder (MUD)…
All life studies of people’s drug use show that most people who develop addictions—a small minority of drug users—move past…
In the Netflix documentary series SanPa: Sins of the Savior, a tale of a community of people recovering from addiction…
Early in 2020, shortly before pandemic entered the everyday lexicon and face masks became de rigueur, I went to my…
The World Health Organization has declared that there is no safe level of drinking—a zero-tolerance, just-say-no approach to alcohol. Public…
“I hate myself.” The words slipped out of my youngest child’s mouth with a casual levity. Only 5 years old,…
A federal judge has paved the way for a case against a methadone-taper policy at Cook County Jail, Illinois to…