Many alternatives to rehab are not only affordable and accessible, but also offer evidence to back them up. We have nine alternatives to help you on the path to addiction recovery.
Demi Lovato overdosed, and received Narcan, the life-saving overdose antidote. Here are 5 fast facts about Narcan.
What is recovery? If addiction recovery is self-defined, why do we so often consider abstinence the only definition of recovery?
If you're struggling with heroin or pain pill addiction in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, you're not alone. We review where to get help, and the different types of help available.
This summer, San Francisco is on track to open two supervised injection sites that will serve around 22,000 people in the Bay Area. These sites were unanimously voted for by the local Health Commission, whose ultimate goal is to equip these facilities with clean needles, medical staff trained in responding to overdose or other medical emergencies, and resources for people who want treatment: all in order to help end the opioid epidemic.
I caught up with Tracey Helton Mitchell, recovering heroin addict and author of The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin, to talk about her work in harm reduction, her book, and how she stays sober today.
As San Francisco opens a safe injection site, it's time to accept harm reduction as a crucial part of addiction treatment.
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