Cannabis-Linked ED Visits: Smoking vs Eating Matters
Cannabis-Linked ED Visits: Smoking vs Eating Matters Nicola M. Parry, DVM March 25, 2019 "If inhalable and edible cannabis were equally toxic and resulted [...]
Treatment for Opioid Addiction, With No Strings Attached
By BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL The Marshall Project By the time Ron Clark walked into Dr. Erin Zerbo’s Newark, New Jersey, addiction clinic, he had [...]
Kennebec County justice system reforming bail, mental health, drug treatment
Superior Court Justice Michela Murphy talks during a news conference Thursday about criminal justice changes being made in Kennebec County. District Attorney Maeghan Maloney, [...]
Opioid Dose Variability Associated with Overdose
As health care providers lower opioid doses for pain patients to minimize the risk of addiction; increase doses to manage worsening pain; or re-start dosing [...]
ENSO Recovery Comes to Augusta
Being A Drug Addict Should Not Be A Crime, Locking One Up Should Be Addicts Need Treatment, Not Incarceration It is a privilege and [...]
A ‘QUIET REVOLUTION’ GAINS MOMENTUM
Jac Charlier, Executive Director, TASC Center for Health and Justice REV. ALEXANDER E. SHARP MARCH 26, 2019 DIVERSION Diverting individuals from drug use to [...]
Study: Medication Treatment Reduces Arrests Among People With Opioid Use Disorder
When it comes to addressing the national opioid crisis, most of the research has focused on the physical health risks faced by people with [...]
Harm Reduction and Opioid Misuse: Embracing Positive Change
Bigg was one of the leading proponents of “harm reduction”—the idea that efforts to fight drug problems should focus on minimizing damage, rather than [...]
Fear, Loathing and Fentanyl Exposure
By The Editorial Board : NY Times April 4, 2019 As baseless public health scares go, the one about police officers and nurses [...]
In Most States, Insurance Won’t Cover Addiction Treatments
March 28, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. More In Most States, Insurance Won't Cover Addiction Treatments BY ROBERT PREIDT, HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 28, 2019 (HealthDay [...]