“We haven’t seen such a dramatic increase in the industry since the 1970s,” says one expert. The methadone treatment industry has exploded from 2014 to 2018, growing more in those four years than in the past two decades, the Boston Globe reports. In the past four years, according to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) data, the… Continue reading Inside The Methadone Clinic Boom
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One Simple Decision: Gratitude and Sorrow
My sobriety cost too much; I have always believed this and now, after 15 consecutive years, I am sure that I always will believe this. It’s eight o’clock in the morning and I am sitting at the desk in my office. I’m not at work officially yet, won’t be for another hour or so. Then… Continue reading One Simple Decision: Gratitude and Sorrow
Naloxone Price Spiked 600% During Opioid Crisis By Drug Maker
One drug manufacturer reportedly increased the price of its naloxone drug Evzio from $575 per dose to $4,100 per dose. Naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug, has been heralded as a lifesaving intervention credited with helping stem the death toll of the opioid epidemic. However, one drug manufacturer reportedly saw the demand for the drug… Continue reading Naloxone Price Spiked 600% During Opioid Crisis By Drug Maker
Michael Douglas Discusses Addiction With Marc Maron
“I got sober. I was in rehab in 1991. Probably more alcohol but drugs were a part of it.” Academy Award-winning actor Michael Douglas is no stranger to substance use disorder. The Basic Instinct star has been to rehab, his son has battled heroin addiction and he also lost a brother to an overdose. Yet… Continue reading Michael Douglas Discusses Addiction With Marc Maron
Is New York City Handing Out Harsher Penalties For THC Oil Possession?
A new report reveals a major contradiction in the city’s ongoing efforts to reform marijuana enforcement. Getting caught with a cartridge of THC oil can land you in jail in New York City—despite city officials’ promise to decriminalize marijuana offenses. A new report by The Appeal highlights the disparity in the city’s enforcement of possession… Continue reading Is New York City Handing Out Harsher Penalties For THC Oil Possession?
The High Cost Of Alcohol Misuse In The US
A USA Today editorial explores how the US can save lives and money by reducing alcohol consumption. Public health campaigns reduced cigarette smoking in the United States by more than half since 1964, according to the CDC. Can the same be done with alcohol? A new report in USA Today reminds us that drinking alcohol—while… Continue reading The High Cost Of Alcohol Misuse In The US
Herbert Fingarette, Controversial Author Of "Heavy Drinking," Dies At 97
Fingarette argued that heavy drinking was willful and that moderation is an option in his book Heavy Drinking: The Myth of Alcoholism as a Disease. Herbert Fingarette, the well-known, controversial philosopher who wrote that alcoholism was an issue of willfulness and not a disease, died at age 97 in Berkeley, California on Nov. 2, according… Continue reading Herbert Fingarette, Controversial Author Of "Heavy Drinking," Dies At 97
Teen Mom’s Butch Baltierra Is One Year Sober
“I had 365 days clean yesterday but I just want to tell you it’s not all that easy, and it ain’t all that hard.” For as long as the cameras have been rolling, fans of MTV’s Teen Mom series have watched Butch Baltierra struggle with his sobriety. Butch is the father of Tyler Baltierra, who stars… Continue reading Teen Mom’s Butch Baltierra Is One Year Sober
Aaron Neville's Son Details Getting Sober, Helping Others
“Keith [Richards] hated that I was smoking crack,” Neville recalled. “He’d look at me like, ‘What’s wrong with you? Get it together.’” Ivan Neville, the son of singer Aaron Neville, grew up with music in his blood in New Orleans. A prolific musician, Neville has played in Keith Richards’ band the X-Pensive Winos and The… Continue reading Aaron Neville's Son Details Getting Sober, Helping Others
Homelessness and Mental Health: On the Front Lines
Officers Armond and Dodson, whose personal histories uniquely qualify them for this outreach effort, have personally gotten 49 people off the streets and into drug and alcohol treatment. As someone with an extensive rap sheet, it was strange for me to be voluntarily climbing in the back seat of a police vehicle with two officers… Continue reading Homelessness and Mental Health: On the Front Lines