Tag: addiction
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 ...
Forced to Quit Methadone Because of His Adderall Prescription
Breadman came to me recently with a harrowing story. Aged 43, he lives in ...
West Virginia Senator Calls Syringe Exchanges “Failed Experiment,” Seeks to Ban Them
In West Virginia, which has the highest rate of opioid-involved overdose deaths in the ...
In Defense of the Concept of Addiction
The term—and concept of—“addiction” is regularly frowned upon or even attacked by people in ...
Southerners With Substance Use Disorders Wrongly Denied Disability Insurance
Staff confusion and incompetence seem to be responsible for the wrongful denial of disability ...
