Addiction usually begins as innocent experimentation with drugs that are thought to be safe because they are legal. But when alcohol and marijuana are no…
Young people who seek inpatient treatment at a facility that treats both substance use and mental health disorders not only reclaim their lives but they…
In 2014, California held a referendum on whether or not to re-categorize certain non-violent offenses, including drug possession and petty theft, as misdemeanors, rather than…
By David Heitz A crystal methamphetamine epidemic continues to rip through the Southern California gay community, where crystal meth has emerged as the drug of…
The root of the word “equality” is from the Latin meaning “even or level,” as in, “leveling the playing field.” In other words, it means…
When it comes to finding a path to recovery and staying on it, people tend to be more successful when aided by trained mental health…
It’s a situation in which nobody wants to be. Yet a growing number of people are dealing with the heartbreak of having a child who’s…
Based on a bevy of hospital and police statistics, we know that there are a number of dire situations in which a person could find…
There is a misconception that people who work in the upper ranks of healthcare, particularly the mental health field, are immune from mental illness themselves.…
It has been a question swirling around communities for quite some time now, and it’s finally coming to a head: If you can’t save your…