August 18, 2017
In response to his drug commission’s recommendation to declare the opioid overdose epidemic a national emergency, Trump demurred. Instead of taking the action his commission suggested, h…
August 10, 2017
The real cost of the nation’s drug epidemic is equal to 5% of U.S. GDP. While the escalating scale of the nation’s drug epidemic has been well- documented in recent years, the real…
June 25, 2017
For mental health professionals who often find their hands tied when coming up against bureaucratic red-tape, an overhaul of the health care system has been long overdue. However, cuts in fund…
May 10, 2017
The crisis is well documented and reported: More people are dying of drug overdose than any other non-natural cause, more than from guns, suicide, and car accidents. Politicians have held pres…
April 19, 2017
America is in the middle of its deadliest drug crisis ever. With all the other news going on, it can be easy to lose track of this fact. But it’s true: In 2015, more than 52,000 people d…
March 22, 2017
The country is up in arms over how many people will lose health care under the Trump administration’s new health care plan. On Monday the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published a re…
January 7, 2017
None other than fentanyl, a cheap synthetic opioid up to 100 times more powerful than heroin. We have been hearing more and more about this drug on not only the addiction scene, but across eve…
November 3, 2016
Back in 2013, the DEA made a special allowance to increase the amount of prescription opioids available in the market in order to prevent the possibility of a critical shortage of the painkill…
November 1, 2016
We are less than one month away from election day, and for the nearly 2 million Americans suffering from addiction it couldn’t come soon enough. Here are the three major points of each p…
October 20, 2016
To addiction treatment providers, it matters little whether or not marijuana is legal or illegal. The drugs that people use and abuse are based largely on social norms, not legal status. When…
October 8, 2016
“Nearly one person dies in Utah every day of the year due to prescription drug overdose.” When it comes to drug abuse in Utah, officials are hoping policymakers and residents agree…
September 20, 2016
President Obama has announced September 2016 as National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. This year’s theme is “Join the Voices for Recovery: our Families, Our Stories, O…
