Global Commission on Drug Policy Suggests Harm Reduction and Decriminalization
Author: Justin Mckibben The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) is an international institution of global leaders and intellectuals working to help study and inform initiatives on addressing drug...
View ArticleShould EMTs Take Patients to Sobering Centers and Mental Health Clinics?
New legislation being pushed to empower EMTs may soon change the way first responders in California help patient get care while trying to ease the overcrowding of emergency rooms. A bill as proposed...
View ArticleHeroin Detox: What You Need to Know
Every day, thousands of men and women all over America lose their lives to heroin addiction. In every state, there are families and communities suffering from the loss of friends, neighbors and loved...
View ArticleMAT Drug Makers Spending Millions Lobbying Congress for Opioid Laws
In efforts to combat the ongoing opioid crisis in America, the US House of Representatives is currently working to push through dozens of bills that many believe could help curb the rising overdose...
View ArticleWhat Video Game Addiction and Opioids Have in Common
Right away, there are going to be some people reading this who (like me) love to spend more than a few hours staring at a screen, smashing buttons on a controller. Before you assume we are saying...
View ArticleInternational Overdose Awareness Day 2018: Remember and Act
Today, August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. Each year this international observance is to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death, while also bringing...
View ArticleHow Shape-Shifting Addictions Make People Less Likely to Seek Help
DOC is an abbreviation in the recovery world that typically stands for “drug of choice”. It is a common term among those who have struggled with addiction to describe the specific substance they are...
View Article11 Things We Know About the New Opioid Bill
New Opioid Bill to Fight the Ongoing Crisis In the month of October, President Donald Trump signed a package of bipartisan bills for initiatives designed to address the ongoing opioid crisis in...
View ArticleDrugs on the Job: The Prevalence of Substance Abuse at Work
Understanding the Urge to Do Drugs on the Job They say there are a time and a place for everything. But for those who struggle with substance use disorder, it can feel impossible to control the urge to...
View ArticleSafe Injection Site Suing Federal Government Citing Religious Freedom
Safehouse Case Could Change Harm Reduction in America Recently, we wrote about how the Justice Department was resisting the implementation of a safe injection site in Kensington, Philadelphia. The...
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