It'sa challenge, but I rise up to meet this challenge every morning.” My last patient of the day
wanted me to know this and to share it with all of you. He wanted to share how amidst all the …

In Hidden Addictions: A Pastoral Response to the Abuse of Legal Drugs, you'll find that
beneath the gruesome, more public face of illegal drug abuse lies another less hideous, but …

It's not easy to find a mother who would look back fondly on the time her son had cancer. But
Penny (not her real name) does. Penny lives in Boston, and her son got sick when he was …

Objective To understand experiences of recovery from opioid use among First Nations
individuals living in a small remote community. Design Qualitative phenomenologic study …

(NNADAP), which operates a network of on-reserve addiction services including 58 centres
and more than 550 community-based prevention programs, also resulted in the creation of a …

The disturbing connection between well-meaning physicians and the prescription drug
epidemic. Three out of four people addicted to heroin probably started on a prescription …

310 lack street knowledge on issues such as child custody, employment options for felons,
and the rules around subsidized housing; that is why you surround yourself with peer …

“Why can't you be like my old doctor?” This essay explores my experiences as a new family
physician in a rural town endemic with liberal opioid prescribing practices and opioid …

“I hated my mother for it. I even bargained with her to change. Then suddenly, I became her.”
I listened attentively as the speaker shared her story of alcohol addiction. I was attending a …

Although over 21 million people in the United States have substance use disorders, most
individuals with addiction do not receive treatment. 1 Of those who are fortunate enough to …