Tag: alcohol

    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 ...

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    Stanton Peele

    Mass. Civil Commitment for Drug Issues Violates Rights, Say Attorneys

    People in Massachusetts who are accused of harmful drug use often face court petitions ...

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    Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

    Deprogramming From AA—When a Fellowship Resembles a Cult

    Katherine was on the subway home from a meeting with her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor ...

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    April Wilson Smith

    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 ...

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    Kiran Sidhu

    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 ...

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    Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

    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 ...

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    Stanton Peele