Addiction Recovery Blog

Every experience with addiction, rehab, and recovery are different. This means that everyone working in the field of addiction needs to be versatile and flexible when dealing with addiction and those who suffer from it. No occupation needs more flexibility and...

Just over eight years ago, NBA star Chris Herren crashed his car into a telephone pole in Fall River, Massachusetts. When paramedics arrived, he had been dead for half a minute. Luckily, Herren survived the incident, but his issues with drugs and the law were...

Outside of testing for performance-enhancing drugs, it's clear that the world of professional sports has a great deal of catching up to do. While it doesn't have the same problems that the NHL does with cocaine, the NFL has come under intense scrutiny for its...

Just over a year ago, hockey superstar and two-time Stanley Cup winner Jarret Stoll was arrested in Las Vegas for felony possession of MDMA and cocaine. While many on the sidelines and outside the hockey industry viewed this as just another wealthy champion caught...

When we think about drug use in sports, we often think of performance-enhancing drugs (PED), or the doping scandal that rocked the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. While doping is undoubtedly a scourge on professional sports, and the side effects of PEDs are extremely...

As we saw yesterday, not every effort in the history of substance use disorder prevention was a hit. Some were moderately successful, some were outright failures, and others helped pave the way for services like the FDA that we still utilize today. So what happened...

  With Barack Obama's second presidential term coming to a close, it's important to look back at both the successes and shortcomings of the Obama administration's drug policy. Hopefully we can learn something from his time in office in regards to what went right...

Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party candidate in the 2016 presidential election, is famous for his across-the-aisle approach to politics. Incorporating both republican and democratic positions as a part of his platform, Johnson hopes to appeal to both the young and...

In recent history, Green Party candidates often failed to gain nation-wide attention or appeal due to a variety of factors. However, this election is unique, and in the current tumultuous American climate Green Party candidate Jill Stein has seen a surge of support....

Seen as the ultimate underdog in the early run-ups to the primaries, Donald Trump has emerged from the Republican primaries as the decisive victor. Many believe Trump has tapped into a large group of voters who are extremely dissatisfied with the direction America is...