Men line up outside the doors of the New York Narcotic Clinic in 1919 Between 1919 and 1923, clinics provided legal access to narcotics to treat addiction In 1923, Oscar Dowling brought a serious charge against a doctor in Shreveport, Louisiana. Like a headline we'd recognize today, he claimed the doctor prescribed, “indiscriminately … of … Continue reading The Morphine Maintenance Movement
Author: Justin Bell
Justin Bell, PhD, is a psychologist and a person in recovery. His research work focuses on the peer recovery support workforce and creating better working conditions for people with lived experience. Justin has led studies on the challenges peers face on the job, from burnout to role clarity, and was the lead evaluator on the first low-barrier recovery housing program in Chicago. Beyond academia, Justin works directly with organizations that support or employ peers through speaking engagements and workshops.
We Lack a United Voice in the Recovery Movement
"With the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back” – Hunter S. Thompson" Collection of 2000s recovery advocacy ephemera. (Credit: Illinois Addiction Studies Archive) This week I am attending the annual conference of the National Alliance on Recovery Residences (NARR). NARR is … Continue reading We Lack a United Voice in the Recovery Movement
