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Mental Illness Awareness Week Is Nothing to Celebrate -- In Fact, It Doesn't Even Exist

DJ Jaffe | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Nimh, Stigma, Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Mentally Ill, Fuller Torrey, Schizophrenia, Samhsa, Mental Illness Awareness Week, Living News
DJ Jaffe

Right now, well meaning mental health advocates are busy hosting events to reduce the "stigma" of mental illness. Except that there is no 'stigma' to having a mental illness. There is discrimination.

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Marijuana Use By The Numbers

Paul Armentano | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Incarceration, Norml, Marijuana, Dea, Obama, Heroin, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Prohibition, Cannabis, Drug Enforcement Administration, Surveys, Alcohol, Drug Use, Samhsa, Thc, Drug War, Substance Abuse, Drug Policy, Cocaine, Politics News
Paul Armentano

By age 25, 54 percent of the population has admittedly used marijuana. Does anyone still believe that marijuana prohibition is working -- or that all of these people deserve to be behind bars?

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Breaking Our Addiction to Prison

Gen. Barry McCaffrey | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Addiction, Biden Crime Bill, Drug Court, Criminal Justice System, Prison, Dennis Challeen, Incarceration Rates, Samhsa, Substance Abuse, Drug Crime, Politics News
Gen. Barry McCaffrey

It has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Drug Courts work. Drug Courts significantly reduce drug abuse and crime and do so at less expense than any other justice strategy.

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Not Drug Czar -- Ramstad Now Wants to Head Treatment Agency. Just Say No!

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Ramstad, Drug Czar, Addiction, Treatment, Drugs, Samhsa, Rehab, Politics News
Maia Szalavitz

Is someone who opposes what the science says is the best treatment for heroin addiction really someone we want in charge of the agency which is supposed to help disseminate evidence-based care?

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