Tag: treatment
A Prison Drug Recovery Unit Provides Refuge, If You’re Abstinent
At South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF), a Tennessee prison privately operated by CoreCivic, those ...
San Francisco Votes on Prop F, to Drug-Test People on Public Benefits
San Francisco voters head to the polls on March 5 to weigh in on ...
Oregon Lawmakers Recriminalize Drugs, Under the Guise of Treatment
On March 1, Oregon legislators approved a bill to recriminalize drug possession, undoing the ...
California’s Prop 1 Would Expand Forced Treatment, Advocates Warn
On March 5, California voters will decide on Proposition 1. The ballot measure, backed ...
White House Issues Very Soft Call for Prisoner Access to OUD Meds
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released its first press ...
Oregon Democrats Unveil Bill to Roll Back Drug Decriminalization
A bill in Oregon, backed by Democratic lawmakers, would overturn critical aspects of Measure ...
The Rise and Fall of Confrontational Alcohol Addiction “Treatment”
Confrontational counseling, sometimes known as attack therapy, is most commonly associated with so-called “therapeutic ...
Calls for Coerced Treatment as Oregon Decrim Under Threat
By the time Morgan Godvin stood before a judge in Portland, Oregon, her life ...
When People Ask Harm Reductionists, “What About Treatment?”
“What about treatment?” I’m commonly asked this question by well-intentioned folks when I say ...
The FDA Draft Guidance for Stimulant Use Disorder Medication Is… Decent
One of the reasons we have Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for opioid use ...
