Tag: addiction
The Real Harms of Abusive, Stigmatizing Language in Addiction Treatment
Ironically, the conversation that spurred a peer-support specialist at a buprenorphine program to yell ...
Why Are Nurses Denied Effective Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder?
One of the greatest hypocrisies in medicine is the restriction of standard-of-care medications for ...
First Psychedelic Research Company Going Public in Canada
Move over space travel, smartphones and New York real estate—soon, many investors will be ...
The Problems With Post-Overdose Response Teams
Drug overdoses (better described as toxic drug mixtures and poisonings) claimed nearly half a ...
Meet a Heavyweight Critic of Drug Courts and Therapeutic Communities
Dr. Kerwin Kaye is associate professor of Sociology, Feminist, Gender, Sexuality Studies and American ...
Does a “Dialectical Abstinence” Program Qualify as Harm Reduction?
I first heard the term “dialectical abstinence” in the summer of 2019, several weeks ...
My Friend Died Because of Philly’s Addiction-Treatment Smoking Ban
I met Bobby in 2011, when we were both residents in a local recovery ...
Trump’s 2020 Drug Strategy Includes Harm Reduction (Sort of)
President Donald Trump’s administration introduced the first national plan on substance use disorder treatment ...
Can Psychedelics Find Acceptance in the Recovery Community?
Can psychedelic drugs like LSD and MDMA help people who are recovering from addiction? ...
Beyond Harm Reduction: Encouraging Positive Drug Use
A traditional anecdote tells of a congressman answering a constituent’s inquiry about his position ...
