Tag: addiction
Navigating the Baffling Systems of Care That Failed My Son
[The following article is excerpted from two chapters of Cover My Dreams in Ink, ...
SAMHSA Rule-Change Strips SUD Patients’ Privacy, Invites Police Intrusion
The long-awaited final rule revising 42 CFR Part 2—the confidentiality regulation applying to substance ...
Joe Biden’s Criminal Justice Reform Task Force Passes on Marijuana Legalization
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders’ “Unity Task Force”—six committees set up to shape policies ...
“The Civil Death Penalty”—My Motherhood Is Legally Terminated
It’s afternoon on the Monday after the Fourth of July. My daughters, ages five ...
Kentucky Challenge to “Casey’s Law” Strikes Against Involuntary Commitment
One of the nation’s oldest involuntary commitment laws designed specifically to target people who ...
Support, Don’t Punish 2020: A Global Day of Action Against the Drug War
Friday, June 26 marks the Support, Don’t Punish 2020 Global Day of Action—an annual ...
Beyond Stigma: How Researchers May Trigger Drug Users
Harm reductionists have long called on journalists, politicians and treatment providers to adopt non-stigmatizing ...
“The Great” Offers a Window Into a Non-Temperance Way of Being
Netflix is currently screening The Great, a 10-part series portraying the improbable, nay astounding, ...
Harm Reduction Works: An Exciting New Alternative to Narcotics Anonymous
The pandemic is taking a toll on people’s mental health, and there’s likely no ...
Indiana Syringe Exchange May Shut Down Next Month Amid Prosecutor’s Opposition
A syringe exchange in Wayne County, Indiana could close in June if lawmakers don’t ...
