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As Opioid Deaths Surge, Biden Team Moves To Make Buprenorphine Treatment Mainstream

With the deadly opioid fentanyl pushing overdose deaths to record levels, federal officials hope buprenorphine will save lives in parts of t

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Getting Sober In 2021 Doesn't Have To Mean Teetotal

From Cali sober to teetotal, straight-edge to Dry January, everyone has a slightly different definition of what sobriety means to them.

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A sobering reality: Alcohol kills more Americans each year than drug overdoses do

Alcohol dependence represents a more insidious threat than we are willing to acknowledge – to our health, our families and our livelihoods.

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New York, NY - In response to new CDC provisional overdose counts (over 100,000 deaths) for the 12 months ending in April 2021, Maritza Perez, Director of the Office of National Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance, released the following statement:

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5 Reasons the Holidays Are the Perfect Time to Get Treatment | The Fix

Start the new year right by getting the help you need at the end of 2021.

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Drinking tonight? Here's how much alcohol is too much - and how to avoid holiday binging

Giving up beer, wine or a cocktail for health sake can be difficult around the holidays when it's a staple. Alas, there are healthy ways to drink.

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Methamphetamine-involved overdose deaths spike in US, study shows

The deaths involving the stimulant sharply rose during that time among people ages 18 to 64, the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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A fresh approach to treating alcohol use disorder | News Break

A fresh approach to treating alcohol use disorder

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Drinking, Drunk, Deadly: Know the Signs of Alcohol Overdose

Wednesday is St. Patrick's Day, a holiday often marked by one (or more) too many drinks. But experts warn that simple holiday fun can quickly turn deadly when alcohol is involved.

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Treating an Opioid Use Disorder Is Difficult. A Pandemic Doesn’t Help. | The Fix

As drug overdoses accelerate, those seeking treatment face new barriers.

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9 Things You Should Know About Women and Addiction | The Fix

Women tend to start using drugs for different reasons than men do, including to fight exhaustion, lose weight, or manage mental health problems.

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As alcohol sales rise during pandemic, developers launch sobriety app

As alcohol sales rise around the country during the coronavirus pandemic, a new app is going public in a time of need. The program is helping people to better understand their drinking habits. Dr. Patrick Dulin started the development of Step Away a decade ago, according to KTUU-TV. Dulin is a Professor in the Clinical and Community Psychology Ph. D. program at the University of Alaska, Anchorage.

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With Facemasks Politicized, Alcoholics Anonymous Faces a Conundrum | The Fix

Due to rules discouraging political discussion, AA members can't discuss a wide-ranging fear: contracting COVID-19 from maskless science deniers. For a program requiring clear-eyed honesty, that's a very bad thing.

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Meth use rose as pandemic hit Montana, other states, urine tests showed

Methamphetamine use, a driver of violent crime locally, grew in Montana during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a laboratory compa

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At the bottom of the bottle: Inside Scotland's alcohol crisis

"I've seen it too many times in recovery, people who go out and lift a drink and don't make it back," said Karen Angus.

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September is National Recovery Month - and This Year is More Important Than Ever - Citizen Truth

With isolation being the key contributor to an increase in drug-related overdose deaths, celebrating National Recovery Month is more importa

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Fighting Back against the Stigma of Addiction

When health care providers demonize people addicted to drugs or alcohol, it just makes the problem worse