A New Book Makes The Case That Addiction Is Not a Brain Disease
A new book and a new brain study are raising doubts about addiction as a chronic brain condition.
The Pendulum Swings Between Zero Tolerance and Harm Reduction
A panel of addiction experts explores changing attitudes toward the harm reduction approach to substance use disorder.
The Movement Away From Abstinence and Toward Addiction Resistance
The unrealistic focus of substance abuse education on abstinence is yielding to a more enlightened approach based on addiction resistance.
Wastewater Analysis From the Happiest Places on Earth
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for drugs could be enormously helpful in directing drug use prevention and recovery resources.
How the Demonization of Addiction Costs Municipalities Lives and Money
Due to stigma and moral hazard, many communities suffer more overdose deaths, lost income and unreimbursed costs.
A More Humane, More Effective, and Less Expensive Way to Deal With Drug Addiction
Why are deaths due to overdose 10 times higher in the U.S. than the E.U.?