treatment

More Evidence That Coerced Drug Treatment Is Harmful as Well as Wrong

A paper published by the International Journal of Drug Policy confirms what harm reductionists have been saying since the dawn…

September 1, 2021

Abusive “Rehab” and Other Harms of Sri Lanka’s Militarized Drug War

In Sri Lanka, 2 grams of heroin can get you the death penalty. People incarcerated on drug charges are regularly…

August 9, 2021

“Music Is a Trigger”—How I Was Welcomed to Rehab

[This article is excerpted from the author's new book, The Weight of Air. It recounts his first experience in rehab,…

July 6, 2021

California County Eyes Mandatory Drug Treatment Bill

A newly introduced California Assembly bill would sentence people arrested on drug charges to an alternative form of incarceration: mandatory…

February 24, 2021

My Harrowing Year in the Drug Court System That Biden Wants to Expand

As we await the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, many of us are welcoming the possibility of a more compassionate…

December 9, 2020

My Friend Was Abducted Into Forced Addiction Treatment in Mexico

In the early days of October, Shawn* was detained by police in the city of Mexicali, the capital of Baja…

November 17, 2020

The Waiting Game: A Powerlessness That’s Long Harmed Drug Users

As our nation wakes up anxiety-ridden, collectively uncertain of whether we’ve been delivered from political catastrophe, many of us who…

November 4, 2020

Despite Immunity Law, Virginia Woman Charged After Calling 911 for Alleged Meth Crisis

Virginia has a new "Good Samaritan" law designed to protect people who call 911 for a drug-related health emergency from…

October 8, 2020

Follow the Money: Why Marijuana Research Tells Us the Same Old Story

Scientific research enriches minds but drains wallets. In the US and globally, public and private funders have directed more money…

September 2, 2020

Methadone Patients’ Data Poised to Be Entered Into PDMPs

Starting August 14, methadone patients face the very real possibility that their long-protected privacy will be gone. The Substance Abuse…

August 12, 2020