Where’s the hope?

~ Jason Schwartz
nihilism by Brett Jordan
nihilism by Brett Jordan

Hot off the presses, Obama Administration Announces Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week.

1945 words and the word “recovery” appears 2 times. (No, there are no uses of any other variation of the word.)

Zero times in the brief section on treatment.

American drug policy may finally be backing away from the war on drugs, but it’s still deeply inadequate.

Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.