Tag: addiction
Why Those of Us Who Choose Sobriety Should Back Safe Consumption Sites
In many areas of public health and medicine, best practices are routinely adopted without ...
To Taper a Pain Patient? It’s Never One-Size-Fits-All
Many years ago, I broke my ankle—tibia and fibula—in a fall from a horse. ...
Social Factors Are an Essential—And Changeable—Element of Addiction
Resisting efforts to exaggerate the dangers of drugs does not mean we should ignore ...
Presidential Candidate Kirsten Gillibrand Praised Anti-Drug Scientology Group
Four years before her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ...
What Can We Learn From the Nation’s First 24/7 Methadone Clinic?
In October 2017, Community Medical Services (CMS), an Arizona-based addiction treatment provider, opened America’s ...
Elton John and Bob Weir’s Recovery Routes Are Closer Than They Seem
Two superluminary rock stars, Elton John and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, have in ...
Probation Officers Should Never Direct Medical Care for People With OUD
The Oregon State Senate voted in April to decrease barriers to lifesaving medical treatment ...
Vietnam Vets Proved That Addiction Is a Product of Life Circumstances
For most people addiction is situational and of limited duration. In some cases, such ...
I Chose Functional Heroin Use. Here’s How It Works for Me.
Recovery from addiction is different for everyone. In my case, abstinence from heroin didn’t ...
Childhood Development Issues and Adult Addiction Fit the Same Pattern
Behavioral-developmental challenges in childhood and addiction problems in adulthood are two sides of the ...
