Veterans Heroic Battle with the Opioid Epidemic

• By: Rachel W. Bush, PhD New York Medical College
• April 16th, 2020
• addiction medicine, chronic pain, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), mental health, naloxone, opioid misuse, trauma, veterans
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How can we ever fully thank our veterans for their service? As a group of health care professionals, we have an obligation to provide outstanding clinical care to this heroic population. Every Veterans Day we celebrate the service of all U.S. Military Veterans. We know that this courageous group...

Harm Reduction: Theory and Practice

• By: Lloyd I. Sederer, MD
• April 1st, 2018
• addiction treatment, criminal justice diversion, harm reduction, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), opioid epidemic, overdose prevention, substance use disorders
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If we want to reduce the harm that derives from psychoactive substances, we need to begin by ending two ineffective, enduring and hugely expensive policies and practices in this country. Then we can get to true harm reduction. The first are strategies that seek to control access to and...