Superior Court Justice Michela Murphy talks during a news conference Thursday about criminal justice changes being made in Kennebec County. District Attorney Maeghan Maloney, [...]
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 [...]
Being A Drug Addict Should Not Be A Crime, Locking One Up Should Be Addicts Need Treatment, Not Incarceration It is a privilege and [...]
Jac Charlier, Executive Director, TASC Center for Health and Justice REV. ALEXANDER E. SHARP MARCH 26, 2019 DIVERSION Diverting individuals from drug use to [...]
When it comes to addressing the national opioid crisis, most of the research has focused on the physical health risks faced by people with [...]
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 [...]
By The Editorial Board : NY Times April 4, 2019 As baseless public health scares go, the one about police officers and nurses [...]
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 [...]
Scientists are working to develop medicines that have the pain-relieving effects of opioids without the high risk of misuse and addiction. Since misuse is linked [...]
Jack B. Stein, Ph.D. Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has appointed Jack B. Stein, Ph.D., to be the [...]
