Tag: treatment
A Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System
Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of ...
“Faces of Medicaid” Highlights Lifesaving Program Under Attack
A new campaign highlights how Medicaid has transformed the lives of many people who ...
GOP Plans to Slash Medicaid Would Worsen Overdose Crisis
Republicans, in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, aim to ...
Prison RSAT Has a High Success Rate of Continuing to Exist
In 2020, Bill* was awaiting trial in a northern Georgia county jail when he ...
Alberta Will Force People Who Use Drugs to Enter Treatment
The government of Alberta, Canada, will force people who use drugs into substance use ...
Nearly Half BC’s New “Substance-Use Treatment Beds” Provide No Treatment
British Columbia recently unveiled 26 publicly funded “substance-use treatment beds” in four communities across ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the “Choice” of Court-Ordered Drug Treatment
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the famed anti-vaxxer poised to take over the United States ...
“War on Cartels” and Harm Reduction in Peril—Drug Policy Under Trump
President-elect Donald Trump wants drug traffickers to be executed, and could soon have the ...
San Joaquin County, CA, to Vote on Drug-Testing Public Benefit Recipients
Voters in San Joaquin County, California, are about to decide if people on public ...
Tapering Off Methadone Without a Clinic, in Just Two Years and 13 Rehabs
Since early 2023, I’ve been surfing my way across what feels like every New ...
