Remove Arbitrary Barrier to Evidence-based Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorder

Although the current overdose crisis in the US is almost universally referred to as the “opioid” or “fentanyl crisis”1,2, the overdose death rate associated with psychomotor stimulants including methamphetamine and cocaine has also dramatically increased in recent years.

Questioning the Right to Pain Relief and Its Role in the Opioid Epidemic

Xylazine effects on opioid-induced brain hypoxia

Psychedelics reopen the social reward learning critical period

Reduced Stress-Related Neural Network Activity Mediates the Effect of Alcohol on Cardiovascular Risk

Signaling-specific inhibition of the CB1 receptor for cannabis use disorder

The Future of Psychedelic Therapy and Addiction Treatment

With the resurgence of scientific interest into the healing properties of psychedelics, current studies are investigating potential therapeutic breakthroughs in the treatment of substance use and mental health disorders. The landscape of addiction treatment faces new challenges, as evidenced during the Covid pandemic. With dual-diagnoses on the rise, promising new treatment modalities are needed more than ever.

Increasing overdose deaths among Black Americans