I’ve talked before about my involvement with the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP). With over 2,900 drug courts across the United States and 22 foreign countries, NADCP oversaw the transfer of over 140,000 non-violent drug offenders from jail to treatment in 2013 alone! As an abstinence-based organization, they stand as a beacon of […]
Need to say thank you for the remarkably positive response to the rant on Reparative Therapy in Texas. I wanted to clear something up though, at the request of a couple of people who, very civilly, made a good point. They asked that I make the distinction between Texas and the guys on the platform […]
Just read that the Texas State Republican Party voted to endorse Reparative Therapy as part of their new platform. They apparently felt that trying to convince or “help” gay people not to be gay anymore was something they believe will help restore American values. Now, I’m straight. Always have been. Always will be. But I […]
Earl Hightower was a keynote speaker, presenting his position on opioid replacement therapy/MAT at Congressman Hal Rogers’ 3rd Annual National Rx Drug Abuse Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. Here is Earl’s speech in it’s entirety: Read Earl’s remarks (PDF)
I went to a treatment center (if you could call it that). The treatment was 42 guys in one room, kicking on army cots. Did it help? I can only say that after 17 days there and a lot of angry outbursts and tears in groups, I’ve now gone without a drink for 33 years. […]
Treatment and recovery are two different things. Back in the beginning, alcoholics being hospitalized was a common practice due to the fact that a chronic alcoholic trying to kick on their own is vulnerable to seizures and death. Treatment serves many purposes. It monitors the alcoholic medically to ensure a safe return to being alcohol-free. […]
A few months ago I did a pro-bono intervention on a crackhead (great guy, seriously) and then went to the White House to talk to the Domestic Policy Council. Basically, the guys who run the earth. They wanted my opinion on treatment and prevention techniques that the government might employ to help with the addiction […]
Just listened to the Huffington Post Live talk about the War on Drugs. 90% of the comments have nothing to do with it. It’s more about justifying whatever it is they’re doing or promoting, some random fringe method of not using. My response to the question about the war on drugs is, as I have […]
This week in the Daily Beast, an article entitled “The Heroin Hearing That Wasn’t”, told the story of several powerful panelists from Dr. Nora D. Volkow to Michael Botticelli, head of National Institute on Drug Abuse and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy respectively. The prescription drug abuse problem is, if anything, […]