Kicking the Habit (Sort of): Is Abstinence a Losing Battle?
The Wall Street Journal By Tara Parker-Pope For many people who smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol, abstinence seems impossible. Now doctors and public-health officials are debating whether it's even always necessary. A number of medical researchers now believe that...
Start Chewing may be Tobacco Option
The New York Sun By Julia Levy Harm Reduction To Be Topic At Health Symposium If all current smokers in America switched from cigarettes to smokeless tobacco products, 80 times fewer people a year could die of tobacco related illnesses within one generation, an...
Jobs Elude Former Addicts
The Christian Science Monitor By Alexandra Marks (NEW YORK) Throughout the job interview, Georgia Evans waited anxiously for the question to be asked: Have you ever had a drug or alcohol problem? When it wasn't, she didn't volunteer the information. It was a...
Letter to the Editor: Mental Health Models
To the editor: Re "Voiceless, Defenseless and a Source of Cash" (front page, April 30): For too long, the suffering of the mentally ill, some of whom are addicted to drugs, has been someone else's problem. Deinstitutionalization was the right thing to do in the...
Illicit Drug Use Grows Among Elderly
The Christian Science Monitor By Alexandra Marks Susie Richardson is not your average recovering addict. She was 50 years old when curiosity got the better of her and she tried crack cocaine. The result was a "devastating" addiction that for 10 years robbed her...
Drug Strategy Must Address Needs of Different Populations
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly By Peter Provet, Ph.D. With some fanfare, President Bush announced his national drug control strategy this week. Propelled by an opportunistic association between drug use and terrorism, President Bush did what many presidents before...
Ecstasy Parties On — With Dangerous Results
NEW YORK - Ecstasy, the potentially lethal "love drug," is on the move. Glamorized in the 1990s by the predominantly white and suburban all-night "rave culture," E-pills are now spreading fast into America's rural areas and inner cities. Just ask William Alicea. A...
Letter to the Editor: Staying Clean
Peggy Orenstein's cover article "Staying Clean" drew praise from rehab providers and former users confirming that, as reported, there is no quick fix in treating addiction and no guaranteed cure. Below is the response by Dr. Peter Provet, among the many written by...
Letter to the Editor: Treating Drug Use, Urban and Rural
To the editor: "As Drug Use Drops in Big Cities, Small Towns Confront Upsurge" (front page, Feb. 11) clearly tells America that drug abuse is a great equalizer. It does not segregate by class, race or geography. Cities, small towns and rural areas face similar...
NineOneOne: A Guide to Post-9/11 Recovery Sources
NineOneOne The Daily News By Susan Ferraro Salt in the wounds Among the millions traumatized by the attacks on the World Trade Center were thousands of New Yorkers already struggling, day to day, with recovery from substance abuse or painful or disabling...
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