Tag: treatment
California County Eyes Mandatory Drug Treatment Bill
A newly introduced California Assembly bill would sentence people arrested on drug charges to ...
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 ...
My Friend Was Abducted Into Forced Addiction Treatment in Mexico
In the early days of October, Shawn* was detained by police in the city ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Methadone Patients’ Data Poised to Be Entered Into PDMPs
Starting August 14, methadone patients face the very real possibility that their long-protected privacy ...
SAMHSA Rule-Change Strips SUD Patients’ Privacy, Invites Police Intrusion
The long-awaited final rule revising 42 CFR Part 2—the confidentiality regulation applying to substance ...
Oklahoma Reservation Ruling Is an Opening for Harm Reduction
Hardline Oklahoma prosecutors have received bad news about their capacity to force people who ...
Kentucky Challenge to “Casey’s Law” Strikes Against Involuntary Commitment
One of the nation’s oldest involuntary commitment laws designed specifically to target people who ...
