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This statement comes from Grant Smith, the Deputy Director of National Affairs at the Drug Policy Alliance and is available at drugpolicy.org. Smith issued the statement in response to President Trump requesting China take a harsher stance on fentanyl.
The article tells the story of a father, Paul DiGiacomo, whose daughter is a heroin addict. While watching an Anderson Cooper 360 segment on the opioid epidemic, Paul and his wife were shocked when their daughter appeared as an interviewee. So Paul packed his bags, went to the “methadone mile” where his daughter was located and set up camp.
This article was written by Lee Weber and appears in Addictionblog.org. Spelling errors aside, the article provides fantastic what the environment looks like in a situation with a parent dealing with addiction. While acknowledging you can’t make some achieve sobriety it offers useful information on what someone can do in a situation with a parent addict.
This article appears in The Medical News Today. The article provides a short explanation on the science behind the brain chemistry regarding the complex disease of addiction. The article focuses on two simple questions: What causes addiction and why does addiction occur.
This article appears in Psychology Today. The article provides interesting insight on how addiction is measured and how the success from coping with addiction is determined. It proposes alternative measures of success to the widely held abstinence based model.
