Category : View from the Hill

What Could Have Been

2014 saw Congress and federal agencies pay more attention to substance abuse and addiction than any other time in...

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30 Aug, 2014

Entering A World of Pain(Killers)vvv

In 1986, the drug in the news was cocaine. It was portrayed as the drug of choice for the wealthy, jet-setting,...

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02 Jun, 2014

View from the Hill

The budget process in Washington in a “normal” year is nothing short of mind-boggling. Yet it usually follows...

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16 Sep, 2013

View from the Hill

In the spring of 2011, the eyes of the entire nation were on Washington as Congress debated whether to raise the...

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16 Sep, 2013

View from the Hill: One Step...

Over the last few years, the advocacy community in Washington, D.C that works on substance abuse issues has scored...

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16 Sep, 2013

Bath Salts: It’s Not a Day at the...

A new narcotics threat has emerged in recent years under the name bath salts. In truth, this narcotic is anything...

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16 Sep, 2013

Recovery Month

September is once again Recovery Month, when advocates for substance abuse and addiction recovery around the...

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16 Sep, 2013

Substance Abuse Policy in the 112th...

With the 2010 midterm elections behind us, there are literally hundreds of questions surrounding Washington. While...

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16 Sep, 2013

Stirring the Pot: California’s...

Mary Jane. Pot. Weed. Chronic. No matter what name you give to it, marijuana remains at the center of drug policy...

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16 Sep, 2013

View from the Hill: You’ve Got a...

In late 2003, a new coalition was formed in Washington. Led by Dr. Bill Dewey and Dr. Charles O’Keefe of...

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16 Sep, 2013

Increasing the Odds on Funding for...

Most in the public only view the term “addiction” in terms of illicit drugs and alcohol, but the recent spate...

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16 Sep, 2013

Substance Abuse and Health Care:...

For the past year, health care reform has dominated the headlines and monopolized the time of Congress and the...

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16 Sep, 2013

Mergers and Acquisitions

For several months, the advocacy community for addiction prevention and treatment has followed the review process...

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16 Sep, 2013

View from the Hill

In many jurisdictions, a non-violent drug crime such as simple possession is a misdemeanor.  First-time offenders...

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16 Sep, 2013

Eye on the Needle

Needle exchange programs that run on state, local, and private dollars exist all over the country. There are...

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16 Sep, 2013

Prescription Drug Policy in America

Drug policy in America tends to focus on illicit drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine,...

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16 Sep, 2013

Parity

On October 3, 2008, the United States Congress passed into law the Paul Wellstone & Pete Domenici Mental Health...

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16 Sep, 2013

Salvia: the Leaf and the Law

There has been debate recently as to whether the herb Salvia divinorum should be treated as a narcotic, and...

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16 Sep, 2013

Parity Act: Finally a Reality

For years the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Parity Act was just a dream. The law itself passed in 2008, but...

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16 Sep, 2013

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