Tag: mental health
Rehab Profiteering and Abuse: The Lesson of National Medical Enterprises
It seems like every other day we see a news story about a profiteering ...
I Used Ketamine for Buprenorphine Withdrawal; It Gave Me Peace of Mind
Ketamine washed my thoughts away. It was quite a feat, really. Fifteen years living ...
Advocates Condemn California’s New Forced-Treatment Law
On September 14, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment ...
Oregon County Considers Banning Legalized Psilocybin Therapy
Linn County, a mostly rural area of Oregon, is considering banning psilocybin services. In ...
First-of-Its-Kind Lawsuit Demands Insurance Companies Cover Medical Marijuana for Behavioral Health
New Mexico’s largest marijuana company and a coalition of patients have filed a class-action ...
Oregon’s Decrim Funding Has Been a Trial to Implement. Better Is to Come.
On February 1, 2021, Oregon became the first state in the nation to decriminalize ...
Oregon Board Rejects Plan to Boost Psilocybin Access, But Fight Goes On
After a closed-doors discussion on May 25, the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board voted to ...
Gov. Candidate’s Sinister Plan to Ship Unhoused People Out of CA Cities
Make no bones about it, many housed people in California are resentful of the ...
Colorado’s Two Psychedelic Ballot Efforts Present Competing Visions
Colorado activists representing two different and competing campaigns are now going all-out in the ...
Traumatized Veterans Who Use Drugs Left to Suffer in Prison
About seven years ago, the Tennessee private prison where I’ve been incarcerated for the ...
