The Best Explanation of Addiction I’ve Ever Heard – Dr. Gabor Maté
"I'm not afraid of dying - I am more afraid of living"
Comparative Effectiveness of Different Treatment Pathways for Opioid Use Disorder
February 2020 | JAMA OPEN NETWORKSarah E. Wakeman, MD1,2; Marc R. Larochelle, MD, MPH3,4; Omid Ameli, MD, MPH5; et alKey Points Español 中文 (Chinese)Question What is the real-world effectiveness of different treatment pathways for opioid use disorder?Findings In [...]
Fire at Western Avenue sober house displaces 12 people
SAM SHEPHERD | KENNEBEC JOURNAL AUGUSTA — Twelve residents of a sober house at 93 Western Ave. were displaced by an attic fire Wednesday [...]
New Santa Fe DA sets speedy trial, plea policies for drug possession
By Phaedra Haywood phaywood@sfnewmexican.com Jan 16, 2021 Updated Jan 17, 2021 Newly sworn in District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has issued a slew of new policies she [...]
After COVID-19 and Beyond the Opioid Wave
December 29, 2020 Psychiatric Times | Chelsea Wolf, MD , Melanie Rylander, MD , Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD , Scott Simpson, MD, MPH Lessons from the opioid epidemic should be applied to [...]
CDC and NIDA Will Finally Study Potential of Safe Consumption Sites
BY LUCIA GENG JANUARY 7, 2021 | FILTER For the first time ever, Congress has weighed in on the issue of safe consumption sites (SCS). A [...]
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020 Early Release / December 20, 2020 [...]
Pandemic Plus Drug Prohibition Form a Lethal Combination
By Jeffrey A. Singer TwitterLinkedInRedditFacebook Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the drug overdose death rate, already accelerating after a brief pause in [...]
As a physician and a patient, I’ve seen the damage caused by the stigma of addiction. It must end
Although the disease of addiction is now obscured by the dark cloud of the Covid-19 pandemic, it continues to tear America apart. It’s a [...]
Supporting individuals using medications for opioid use disorder in recovery residences: challenges and opportunities for addressing the opioid epidemic
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 2020, VOL. 46, NO. 3, 266–272 https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2020.1719410 PERSPECTIVE Supporting individuals using medications for opioid use disorder [...]