City and state governments around the US are facing a fiscal crisis as the coronavirus pandemic has taken away sales…
Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released his “Plan for Black America” on May 4, which discussed some of the…
Massachusetts has a civil commitment process on its books for people with substance use disorders who are deemed dangerous to…
For the average non-essential worker, it might feel like the coronavirus has put the world on hold. But for people…
We are all doing our best to adjust to the new “normal” in the COVID-19 era, while still trying to…
It took COVID-19 to do what the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the American Society of Addiction…
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Alcoholics Anonymous and its 12 Steps, with their prescription of abstinence, have dominated America’s response to addiction for a half-century…
A lawmaker in San Diego County, California is urging his colleagues to rethink a 20-year-old ban on syringe exchanges. By…