Tag: treatment

    COVID-19 Is Especially Devastating for Black and Brown Americans

    The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its accompanying economic downturn is disproportionately affecting Black ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman

    Does a “Dialectical Abstinence” Program Qualify as Harm Reduction?

    I first heard the term “dialectical abstinence” in the summer of 2019, several weeks ...

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    Elizabeth Brico

    A San Francisco Man Is Currently in Jail for Eating a Cookie in Rehab

    San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michael Begert is probably feeling lucky that he is ...

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    Rory Fleming

    My Personal Journey Into Alcohol Harm Reduction

    I first realized I had a problem with drinking when I was a year ...

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    Beverley Jones

    Witnessed Urine Screens in Drug Treatment: Humiliating and Harmful

    My heart drummed in time to my racing thoughts, which repeated an increasingly urgent ...

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    Elizabeth Brico

    Why the Curious Story of William S. Burroughs’ Heroin “Cure” Still Matters

    At the time I took the apomorphine cure I had no claims to call ...

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    Tony O'Neill