Let’s Celebrate SAMHSA’s 17th Annual Prevention Day!
SAMHSA’s Prevention Day is here again! That means a full slate of addiction-fighting activities. It also means a day for America to unite behind a single purpose. And that, dear friends, is itself worth the price of admission. Then again, admission is free. Just like our country. Unfortunately it’s not like that for everyone in our country. We mean of…
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Macklemore: Recovery Continues to Save My Life
Recovery, says Macklemore. Not just sobriety. That’s what saved my life. And that’s what keeps the music in me. That’s what everybody’s favorite “Thrift Shop” rapper admitted on People’s Party with Talib Kweli. And that’s what his fans already kinda suspected. Now though they’ve all got rock solid confirmation. And so does everyone else. Macklemore’s admission was picked up by…
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How Do You Know if You Have Alcohol Use Disorder?
Alcohol Use Disorder isn’t always easy to diagnose. But it is always hard on everyone involved. Yes, that includes family, friends and colleagues. In fact, sometimes AUD affects others even more. So it’s important to know whether or not you’ve got it. And if you do, to do something about it. Pandemic Drinking Yeah, we know. Zoom drinking games are…
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This Professor Used to Be a Homeless Addict
Think your life is rough? You’ve come through some hard stuff? Well, it’s probably got nothing on Jesse Thistle. Son of a three-faced junkie thief, Thistle went through the proverbial ringer before he got clean. Then he went through one more spin before it was finally over. But when it was over, he’d come a long way from being a…
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Will DMT Be the Answer to Addiction?
DMT has long been used to link people to other realms. Might it soon also be used to treat people for addiction? One Canadian R&D company believes it just might. And it’s consequently tasked a Dutch research organization with finding out one way or another. The Canadian R&D company is called Entheon Biomedical. The Dutch research organization is the Centre…
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