Walk for Recovery: Oregon, SoCal, NJ & More (This Saturday!!!)
Americans all across the country are excited to be getting back together to Walk for Recovery… Mind if we say “Yay!”?
State-by-State Drinking — How Does Your State Rate?
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s study of state-by-state drinking has some rather surprising results.
Recovery Equity: Hazelden’s Bid to Level the Saving Field
Addiction may not discriminate based on race, creed, color or income, but recovery certainly does. Especially when it comes to availability. Hazelden Betty Ford wants to change all that. And their consequent Recovery Equity could be just the effort to do so.
Rehab Instead of Prison? What a Novel Idea!
Seems we may not be re-entering the Dark Ages after all. In fact, with Oregon set to send addicts to rehab rather than prison, we may be in a new age of enlightenment. That’s the big, bright idea behind the Beaver State’s Measure 110, which just went into effect. The law not only decriminalizes all drugs in Oregon, but it…
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Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act
Of all the laws going into effect this new year, few are more forward-looking than Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act. Voted into being as Measure 110, it flips the script on drug addiction and opts for treatment rather than criminalization. What is the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act? Perhaps the best way to sum up the Drug…
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