Stories like this are getting a lot of attention lately: State Sen. Chris Eaton is planning to introduce legislation to encourage opiate treatment providers and doctors to break with an abstinence-based model and embrace evidence-based practices for treating addiction, the Minnesota Democrat told The Huffington Post. I want to make it clear that I know nothing … Continue reading Most popular posts of 2015 – #3 – The treatment system is failing opiate addicts
Tag: The Huffington Post
Prisons or spas?
The Huffington Post continues its longform advocacy journalism on the issue of medication assisted treatment. Jason Cherkis puts his attention on a real issue of rural access to medication assisted treatment by sharing the story of a South Dakota man who travels 350 miles to get his buprenorphine prescription. Anyone who wants access to this … Continue reading Prisons or spas?
What’s with all of the posts about methadone and buprenorphine?
I've been doing a lot of posts on methadone and buprenorphine lately. It's not that I think they are evil and should be banned. It's just that, if your knowledge was limited to what's in media reports, you'd believe that medications like buprenorphine and methadone are the only responsible treatment, that they are inaccessible, and that any … Continue reading What’s with all of the posts about methadone and buprenorphine?
Don’t believe the hype
About that Huffington Post article covering Obama's addiction speech a few weeks ago. ALLEGATION FACT FACT A Huffington Post investigation published in January found that the treatment industry overwhelmingly resists a medication-assisted model based on decades-old beliefs about sobriety that have been passed down by those in recovery, but have never been rigorously tested. Suboxone is the number 39 … Continue reading Don’t believe the hype
The treatment system is failing opiate addicts
Stories like this are getting a lot of attention lately: State Sen. Chris Eaton is planning to introduce legislation to encourage opiate treatment providers and doctors to break with an abstinence-based model and embrace evidence-based practices for treating addiction, the Minnesota Democrat told The Huffington Post. I want to make it clear that I know nothing … Continue reading The treatment system is failing opiate addicts
The medical establishment’s “best hope for addicts”
I'm sure this piece is going to get a lot of attention. "A treatment that actually works" is the subtitle for the article. I'm not going to write a lengthy response, but I have written a lot on the subject. First, how effective is it for someone like the subject of the article? Well, two … Continue reading The medical establishment’s “best hope for addicts”
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