Maine Voices: State's Plan to Punish Rather Than Treat Addiction Makes No Sense

Published February 17, 2014

Maine Voices: State's plan to punish rather than treat addiction makes no sense
LePage, who spoke of drug addiction as part of his recent State of the State address, has shined a spotlight on the problem, but his approach, which focuses on punishment over treatment, moves our state in the wrong direction. … abuse disorders can … Read more on Press Herald

More dying from 'legal highs' in UK
In recent years, the number has risen from 10 in 2009 to at least 68 in 2012, pot-mortem figures from the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths. Legal highs are designed to mimic the effects of illegal drugs, and are chemically different enough … Read more on Nursing in Practice

James D. Felsen: Prescribing medical merlot
Advertiser. At a recent reception, I was engaged in a conversation regarding how proposals to expand the prescriptive authority of physicians to solve certain public safety and social problems would not be practical, prudent and productive … Read more on Charleston Gazette

Barkada Kontra Droga
The Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD) is a peer-based program designed as a preventive education and information tool to counter the dangers and disastrous effects …