Tag: alcohol
What Do We Know About Ketamine’s Potential to Help Problematic Drinking?
Research published in Nature Communications on November 26 suggests that a single dose of ...
My Personal Journey Into Alcohol Harm Reduction
I first realized I had a problem with drinking when I was a year ...
Alcohol Must Be Part of the Harm Reduction Conversation
Alcohol is our favorite recreational drug besides caffeine. According to SAMHSA’s National Survey on ...
Since 1999, Indigenous Women Have Faced Highest US Increase in Suicides
On June 20, the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention published an ...
Coercion Into Addiction Treatment Is Ubiquitous: Five Ways It Happens
The range and intensity of coercion in addiction treatment isn’t well recognized. Yet coercion ...
Mass. Civil Commitment for Drug Issues Violates Rights, Say Attorneys
People in Massachusetts who are accused of harmful drug use often face court petitions ...
Deprogramming From AA—When a Fellowship Resembles a Cult
Katherine was on the subway home from a meeting with her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor ...
Inside an Innovative Study of MDMA Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder
Dr. Ben Sessa, a UK-based psychiatrist, is currently running Britain’s first ever clinical study ...
Massachusetts Incarcerates Men in the Name of Drug Treatment—Now They’re Suing
A 34-year-old Massachusetts man thought he was going to the Men’s Addiction Treatment Center ...
Intoxication Has Always Been the American Way—Let’s Work With That
Mood modification through drugs—intoxication—is a standard cultural reality in American history, but possibly even ...
