He’s Not Using, But He Still Depends on Me for Everything.
decostam’s 32-year-old son lives at home, and has succeeded in abstaining from opioid use for two years. Despite this huge accomplishment, he seems …
Category: DRUGS – opioids & opiates
The Biden Administration Is Easing Access to Methadone
Fentanyl and other opioids are cutting lives short in numbers we’ve never seen before. Unfortunately, this health emergency hasn’t yet generated t…
Fifteen Rounds of Rehab: Why Matthew Perry, Like Countless Others, Struggled for Decades Before He Got Clean
We don’t know just how the star of “Friends” died, but we do know—because he was so remarkably open about it—that he struggled with substanc…
Fentanyl Is Making “The Worst Overdose Crisis in American History” Worse All The Time
Many factors have combined to make recent years the deadliest in history for U.S. drug overdose deaths. At the same time, many policy responses, from …
Dopamine, Addiction, and the Brain: Understanding the Science Can Help Us Change
The research has taken three quarters of a century (and counting). But the findings are truly remarkable: pain and pleasure are naturally balanced in …
Fentanyl Deaths In Communities of Color: A Crisis “Decades In the Making”
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals the unequal effects of the opioid crisis on Black, Native American, Hispanic,…
Ketamine: A Potential Leap Forward In Opioid Addiction Medication
Buprenorphine is a crucial medicine for many patients in treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). But with the rise of deadly fentanyl, buprenorphine …
White Patients Receive Opioid Addiction Medication at More Than Twice the Rate of Black Patients
In a new report, the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that Black and Native American patients struggling with opioid use were less than half as…
Bromazolam, Delivered By Mail, Is Killing Canadians in Startling Numbers
Over 20,000 Canadians have died of opioid-related causes since 2020. Many of these deaths involved opioids mixed with Bromazolam or similar illicit se…
How CRAFT Can Help: Supporting Your Partner to Successfully Moderate Opiate Use
His partner is trying to moderate her use of heroin and methamphetamine with no formal support. Her use consumes so much of his partner's life that it…
