The New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS) today announced the launch of a new Cannabis Toolkit for parents and mentors, designed to offer resources and information about cannabis and how to talk to young people about the risks of underage cannabis use and the impact it can have.
KINGSTON, N.Y. Recovery center Samadhi’s Mobile Addiction Treatment Clinic Van will hit the road starting Monday, bringing therapy and treatment services right to where those dealing with substance use issues are. “It will be a mobile outpatient clinic with a focus on comprehensive holistic services,” psychotherapist Simon Abramson, director of the mobile outpatient program, […]
There are many pathways to recovery from opioid addiction and misuse. One is the abstinence-only 12-step methodology; another would be evidence-based SMART Recovery. The most medical of these pathways are the medication- assisted treatments using methadone, buprenorphine and the controversial naltrexone. But it has been established scientifically, by Case Western…