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The Real Cause of Addiction
Addiction is not caused by drugs, nor by diseased people. The antecedents are far more complicated and the solution is human connection and fulfilling…
Dying To Be Free: There’s A Treatment For Heroin Addiction That Actually Works. Why Aren’t We Using It?
“It continues to amaze and anger me that the treatment (and the criminal justice-based treatment) systems operate outside of any oversight when it comes to…
The Origins of Addiction: Research from Rat Park
Think addiction is a disease? Think again, and enjoy this cartoon which highlights [Norman Zinberg’s] Drug, Set, Setting model. Please click here.
A Harm Reduction Treatment Model- Part 1
Therapists are often at a loss when their clients present with substance misuse. We have mostly been taught to refer them to a 12-Step based…
Harm Reduction for the Holidays
Holidays offer many opportunities to overdo it. Between parties, celebrations, families, or money worries, we are often at a loss about how to cope. The…
Just One Drink? Harm Reduction Offers Alternative Alcohol Treatment Program
The Center for Harm Reduction Therapy is spotlighted online and in Bay Area Newsgroup papers. Martha Ross’s article focuses on the Center’s unique and effective…