Best of the Week: February 21–27

COMING UP IN THE FIX// Baltimore, Heroin Capital of the US * Drug Treatment Moguls * Addiction Triggers * Pro Voices: Going Deeper in Addiction Treatment *Interview with Kevin Sessums * Confessions of a People Pleaser * Directing Butterflies * My Rehab Experiences * PLUS: Other incisive articles

	CANNABUSINESS// The New Canadian Cannabis Oligarchy Under new Canadian regulations, Health Canada will be minding your "cannabusiness" rather than personal growers. This oligarchy not only hurts growers, but consumers as well. By Neville Elder
	ONLINE// Are Big Alcohol's Ad Men Targeting Recovering Alcoholics? After years of posting about getting sober, I began wondering if the beer ads I was seeing online were part of a deliberate campaign to get me to pick up the bottle again. By Jeff Deeney
	PROFESSIONAL VOICES// What if We Really Treated Addiction Like the Disease It Is? A physician explains how "precision medicine" can lead to comprehensive recovery. By Howard C. Wetsman MD
	HISTORY// Saving Mabel Normand She was lustrous and brash, especially on gin-soaked days, lifting her skirt or offering offbeat quotes in jest. And for nearly 100 years her pioneering spirit has been diminished by tales of her alleged cocaine addiction and sordid behaviors. By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli
	CHARITY// 14 Great Addiction-Based Nonprofits And Charities You have to give it away to keep it and there's never a bad time to consider giving to any of the worthy regional and national organizations listed below. By MccCarton Ackerman

 

BEST OF THE QUICK FIX Federal Government to Require Drug Courts to Allow Opioid Maintenance Programs House Republicans Warn D.C. Mayor She Could Go to Jail for Legalizing Pot Heroin Addict Robs Girl Scouts to Get His Fix

Senator Cory Booker Explains How Drug Law Makes America Less Safe Pot Activists Enlist Republican Grandma In Legalization Fight Highly Processed Foods to Blame for Food Addiction

COMMENT OF THE WEEK

Real Treatment This week, Howard C. Wetsman MD proposed health care experts actually treat addiction as a disease. Readers debated whether legalizing all drugs would be a better solution:

While I agree with the premise and it makes sense on so many levels, I can't see selling heroin over the counter as not leading to a whole new group of folks who will become addicted to something that they may have never otherwise messed with if it weren't so easy to get and inexpensive as a result of its mass merchandising. -thefreedomtorecover MORE »