New Model State Parity Legislation Named in Honor of Former U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad
New Model State Parity Legislation Named in Honor of Former U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad Tool will help policymakers increase access to mental health and [...]
12 COVID Lessons
December 1, 2020 | By: Phil Valentine This latest season for CCAR is unprecedented. COVID pandemic, opioid epidemic, social justice issues, politics, extreme weather… [...]
How Are Therapeutic Communities Integrated into the Criminal Justice System?
More than half of U.S. prison inmates meet the criteria for a substance use disorder (SUD), a figure that is about five times higher [...]
Reimagining the “Addict” Identity Important for Recovery
A new article, published in Noûs, explores how self and social identity can be used to better understand addiction, as an alternative to the traditional disease [...]
Opioid Addiction and the Myth of Powerlessness
There is a belief that those of us with an opioid addiction, that we are powerless over our addiction. That is a myth. We [...]
Opioid agonist treatment and risk of mortality during opioid overdose public health emergency: population based retrospective cohort study
BMJ 2020; 368 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m772 (Published 31 March 2020)Cite this as: BMJ 2020;368:m772 Lindsay A Pearce, project coordinator1, Jeong Eun Min, senior statistician1, Micah Piske, project coordinator1, Haoxuan [...]
Substance use disorders linked to COVID-19 susceptibility
September 14, 2020 A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more susceptible to COVID-19 and its complications. [...]
Oregon Ballot Initiative Would Decriminalize Low-Level Possession of All Drugs
Measure 110 would reduce felony convictions for drug possession by an estimated 95 percent. MAX DUNAT | 8.21.2020 1:30 PM (Ded Mityay | Dreamstime.com) Voters in [...]
Study: Too Many Barriers to Opioid Use Treatment, Especially for Pregnant Women
By Traci Pedersen Associate News Editor Last updated: 22 Aug 2020 ~ 2 MIN READ A new study suggests it is very difficult for [...]
Switzerland Fights Heroin with Heroin
This is the second in our series exploring how Switzerland has dealt with opioid addiction in different — and sometimes controversial — ways cutting [...]