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Given a chance to avoid jail and criminal charges, mentally ill, addicted and homeless people in L.A. pass
A diversion program in Los Angeles designed to keep mentally ill, addicted or homeless adults out of jail…
Read Article →Can a monthly injection be the key to curbing addiction? These experts say yes
OAKLAND — Dr. Andrew Herring has a clear goal walking into every appointment with patients seeking medication to treat…
Read Article →U.S. alcohol-related deaths hit highest rate in decades during coronavirus pandemic, study shows
With millions of cases of a new and relentless virus, hundreds of thousands of deaths and the wait…
Read Article →7 Reasons An Alcohol-Free St. Patrick’s Day Is Lucky
A Simple Guide for Sobriety on St. Patrick’s Day Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Today is one of the…
Read Article →A Rise in Gambling Addiction as Sports Betting Expands Seems Like a Safe Bet
It seems reasonable to expect that the rise of sports betting will lead to an increase in gambling…
Read Article →Trying for a Dry January? Here’s what you need to know about abstaining from alcohol for a month
“One of the benefits of Dry January is using it as a way to maybe look at some…
Read Article →Staying sober this Christmas season
From mulled wine at a carol service to bucks fizz on Christmas morning, alcohol features heavily in many…
Read Article →Fentanyl test: This strip of paper can help prevent a drug overdose – CNN
It’s a little strip of paper not much longer than 2 inches, and it has the potential to…
Read Article →A father’s search for justice after his son’s alcohol death at a UCI fraternity party
Dale Domingo counts every day his son Noah is not alive. The 18-year-old was a freshman at UC…
Read Article →Give incarcerated people evidence-based addiction treatment
You don’t need to be a scientist to recognize that incarcerated individuals are disproportionately impacted by epidemics. The…
Read Article →The pandemic changed the trajectory of America’s overdose and suicide crises
Overdose deaths surged during Covid-19. But suicides declined. What happened? After years of steadily moving in tandem, two…
Read Article →How addicted are people to social media? We found a way to measure it
Just as with smoking, people will pay to have their behavior restricted The average person with Internet access…
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