The Addiction Treatment and Rehab Industries Need to Clean Up Their Act
Here’s how they can do it, from creating national standards of care to de-emphasizing residential treatment programs. By…
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Why We’re Losing the War on Addiction
Proponents of the disease model of addiction, by imposing a permanent self-label of “alcoholic” or “addict” and failing…
‘Don’t Say Drug Habit,’ New Government Guidelines Suggest
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy is releasing a document outlining suggested language for government…
Why Is There Still No Basic Standard of Medical Care for Addiction?
Treating addiction as a moral problem has failed. Our medical system must stop withholding medication-assisted treatment from those…
The Worst Place to Die
How jail practices are killing people going through opioid withdrawals. By Jeremy Galloway (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) The…
Americans on Both Sides of the Political Spectrum Agree: The Opioid Crisis Is Real
The opioid epidemic has cut across income, geography, and other characteristics that often divide Americans. By Francie Diep…
How Prescription Heroin Can Help Addicts
Canada lifted a ban on prescription heroin last week, opening the door for the widespread use of a…
The Instant Test That Can Tell Whether Users’ Drugs Are Cut With a Deadly Chemical
Vancouver has begun offering users instant test strips to verify whether their illegal drugs contain fentanyl.
You Can’t Stay Here (but the Alternatives Are Better)
In pursuit of mental-health and drug addiction treatment that works.
Inside North America’s Only Legal Safe Injection Facility
Addiction, Sharon David says, can seize you any time. Hers began in her mid-30s, after she had already…