recovery
OxyContin created the opioid crisis, but stigma and prohibition have fueled it
By Emily B. Campbell, College of the Holy Cross The highly contentious Purdue Pharma settlement announced Sept. 1, 2021, comes at a pivotal time for the U.S. overdose crisis: 2020 was the worst year on record, with over 93,000 Americans losing their lives to fatal drug overdose. The drug overdose epidemic, now more than two […]
More than $350B in federal recovery cash starts rolling out to states, cities, counties
WASHINGTON — States, cities and counties can begin to tap their share of the $350 billion in federal funds intended to spur a national recovery from the economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, White House officials announced Monday. The Biden administration said the much-anticipated money, which was included in the massive relief law enacted earlier this […]
Why it is dangerous not to include support for moderation in recovery
When Demi Lovato announced that she was “California Sober” recently, we heard an outcry from people in the recovery support community who champion total abstinence. “It’s dangerous. If problem drinkers believe they can moderate, they will delay the inevitable choice of total abstinence or drink themselves to death.” “To tell someone like Demi that she […]