Tag: addiction
Advocates Condemn California’s New Forced-Treatment Law
On September 14, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment ...
How 12-Step Programs Became Embedded in US Hospitals
When I first went through treatment for an alcohol problem back in the 1990s, ...
How Deep Does New Jersey’s Anti-Stigma Messaging Really Run?
Counties across the state of New Jersey trumpet their commitment to ending stigma against ...
Inebriate Asylums to Narcotic Farms: Addiction Treatment’s Cruel Roots
Kenneth Anderson founded HAMS (Harm Reduction, Abstinence and Moderation Support) in 2007 as a ...
Quitting Kratom Reminded Me How Little Drugs Have to Do With Addiction
“I admitted I was powerless over my addiction” is a phrase I only uttered ...
Judge Orders County to Offer OUD Meds to All Jailed Patients, in US First
A New York district judge has ordered upstate Jefferson County to offer medication for ...
No, My Prescribed Opioid Use Was Not a “Relapse”
Society tends to view banned drugs and their use in binary terms. People who ...
Canada to Fund Research on Psilocybin for Substance Use Disorder
Applications have opened for Canadian researchers seeking federal funding to study psilocybin treatments for ...
When Putin Labels Zelensky a “Drug Addict,” It Implicates the Wider World
After two months, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has directly caused unknown tens of thousands ...
As a Methadone Patient, I Demand No Return to the Pre-COVID Status Quo
COVID-19 made us rethink how and why we were doing all kinds of things ...
