Scientific research enriches minds but drains wallets. In the US and globally, public and private funders have directed more money…
Starting August 14, methadone patients face the very real possibility that their long-protected privacy will be gone. The Substance Abuse…
The long-awaited final rule revising 42 CFR Part 2—the confidentiality regulation applying to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment records—is out. …
Hardline Oklahoma prosecutors have received bad news about their capacity to force people who use drugs into “therapeutic” courts. That…
One of the nation’s oldest involuntary commitment laws designed specifically to target people who use drugs is facing a court…
Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released his “Plan for Black America” on May 4, which discussed some of the…
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its accompanying economic downturn is disproportionately affecting Black and Brown people in the US…
I first heard the term “dialectical abstinence” in the summer of 2019, several weeks into an intensive outpatient program (IoP)…
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michael Begert is probably feeling lucky that he is not facing reelection for another five…
I first realized I had a problem with drinking when I was a year out of college. I was 21…