Progress and social change rarely advance at a steady rate, be it voting rights or drug treatment. They operate more like a pendulum, swinging forward, then swinging back, and then … Continue reading →

What is an addiction? Is it any use of drugs? Obviously not. Probably every person on the planet has used a “drug” of some sort for the relief of illness … Continue reading →

Since 1999 there has been a 260% increase in the number of women, ages 30 to 64, dying due to a drug overdose, and an even larger increase for drug … Continue reading →

This week (through Sunday, June 27) is National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, a program intended to “to counteract the myths about drugs and alcohol that teens get from the … Continue reading →

The ongoing shutdown of less than one-quarter of the United States federal government is having some unforeseen effects on the opioid addiction crisis. It will probably delay some prescriptions of … Continue reading →

President Donald Trump has proposed his opioid epidemic plan. It has three main strategies: Mount a campaign to persuade young people not to abuse drugs in the first place. This … Continue reading →

Should clients in substance abuse rehabs for heroin or other opiate/opioid addiction be allowed to use methamphetamine or cocaine? Of course not, they are illegal, highly addictive, and detrimental to … Continue reading →

It is a new year, and that traditionally is a time for resolutions, for a fresh start, but most—80%–of New Year’s resolutions made in January fail by the end of … Continue reading →

Politics keeps interfering with substance abuse policy, including addiction treatment, but progress is being made. The question is if it will continue. The 2008 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act … Continue reading →

As the costs of responding to the opioid epidemic rise, more states, cities, and counties are opting to sue “Big Pharma”—the large pharmaceutical companies—and the distributors that allowed pill mills … Continue reading →