by dmorton
Because of concerns related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Operation UNITE announced its popular Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camps planned for June have, regrettably, been cancelled.“This is not something UNITE wanted to do, but following the...
by dmorton
My name is Stuart Lemarr, and I am a person in long-term recovery. That means I have not found it necessary to take a drink or a drug since June 4 of 2010. Let me start out by saying I have the disease of alcoholism.I lose all control of regulating my drug or alcohol...
by dmorton
Dr. Francis Collins & Dr. Nora Volkow Many clinical trials and research initiatives targeted to the opioid crisis have had to be placed on hold while our country focuses on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the potential that awaits just over the...
by dmorton
While overdose death rates appear to be trending downward, it is not a significant enough decrease – nor the proper time – to pull back on efforts addressing drug interdiction, treatment and recovery issues, three members of the U.S. House of...
by dmorton
Addressing the needs of those in treatment and recovery programs while confronting the COVID-19 pandemic has required creative thinking and changes in traditional methods of providing service. “I don’t think our ‘normal’ will ever be the...
