The Silent Battlefront of Veteran Suicide and the Measures Being Taken to Help Them

• By: Claire Szewczyk Hill & Ponton
• January 17th, 2023
• depression, drug overdose, mental health, PTSD, stress, substance use, suicide, veteran, Winter 2023 Issue
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On Friday, May 30th, 2014, I woke up to one of the most devastating phone calls I’ve ever received. My best friend for almost a decade, Joshua Drury, who was in his mid-thirties at the time, had taken his life. Joshua had served many years in the U.S. Army prior to our meeting. While he told us...

Making Addiction Treatment More Realistic and Pragmatic: The Perfect Should Not Be the Enemy of the Good

• By: Nora D. Volkow, MD The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• March 17th, 2022
• addiction, addiction treatment, chronic relapsing condition, drug overdose, harm reduction, opioid use, overdose prevention, recovery, Spring 2022 Issue
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Last year saw drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpass an unthinkable milestone: 100,000 deaths in a year. This is the highest number of drug overdoses in our country’s history, and the numbers are climbing every month. There is an urgent need for a nationwide, coordinated response that...