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LGBTQ Need Substance Abuse Treatment, Not Just Pride
June is LGBTQ Pride Month, so selected to commemorate the June 28, 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar/restaurant/hangout in New York City that most observers say sparked … Continue reading
Alternative Treatments for Substance Use Disorder
Science fiction has long looked ahead to theoretical future uses and misuses of science, including for countering the effects on the brain of mental illness and drug addiction. In 1955, … Continue reading
Opioid-free Pain Management is Possible
It is hard to put the genie back in the bottle. So too, with the opioid epidemic. Opioids used to be mostly prescribed for short-term acute pain or cancer patients. … Continue reading
Buprenorphine Should Be Easier to Prescribe in All Its Forms
We need more options for drug addiction treatment and less expensive options. So the Food and Drug Administration should not be buying into large pharmaceutical companies’ claims that restrict the … Continue reading
Drug Relapse Overdose Kills Columbine Survivor
Twenty years after the Columbine school shootings, the tragedy has taken another life. Austin Eubanks, 37, died of an opioid overdose last week. Eubanks was in recovery from injuries suffered … Continue reading
Substance Use Rehab Takes Backseat to Profits for Big Pharma, Generics
The cost of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for drug addiction may be going down as two generic versions of the popular Suboxone sublingual film were approved for sale in February. That’s … Continue reading
Mental Health Problems and Substance Use Disorder Go Hand-in-Hand
This month is the Mental Health America nonprofit’s 70th annual Mental Health Awareness Month. Not to high-jack this special month, but it may as well be substance use disorder (SUD) … Continue reading
Fentanyl Can Kill, But Not By Touch Alone
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, up to 50 times stronger than heroin, 100 times stronger than morphine. It can be a useful anesthetic and painkiller for certain patients who are … Continue reading
Rehab and Harm Reduction Reduced OD Deaths in France
In 2018 alone, the US spent almost $3 billion total on the drug crisis, including grants to states and the federal government’s “main drug treatment, recovery and prevention program” but … Continue reading
Anti-Addiction Vaccines
Addiction is a disease, it is often said. Since that’s the case, vaccines may be one way of preventing it. That’s not just hyperbole. The idea isn’t that far-fetched. Researchers … Continue reading