Why I Created TRIP: A Plan for People Who’ve Lost the Ability to Choose Care In January 2023, while working on a nursing contract in downtown Edmonton, I saw firsthand how badly the system was failing people lost in psychosis and addiction (now calle...
The UNODC’s World Drug Report 2025, released just last month, made one thing crystal clear: the world’s drug crisis is not just deepening it’s accelerating. Over 316 million people globally used drugs in 2023, up from 5.2% of the adult population to...
Last week, a Psychology Today feature titled “Why Families Wait Too Long to Intervene in Addiction” revealed a sobering truth: “over 70% of families delay seeking help for a loved one’s addiction, often for a year or longer.” The piece added that thi...
“Texas is poised to invest up to $50 million in clinical trials for ibogaine … advocates argue that it could significantly reduce withdrawal symptoms and promote neural healing.”“Texas earlier this month agreed to invest $50 million … to study its ab...
A recent CDC report sent a jolt through the addiction and recovery community: more than 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in a single year, with fentanyl remaining the leading cause (CDC, 2024). What’s even more chilling is that young adult ...
The Growing Addiction Crisis Across the United States, addiction continues to devastate communities and families, leaving many feeling helpless and overwhelmed. Recent data shows that overdose deaths have surged dramatically over the past decade, wit...
https://www.alohadetox.com/family-program/ When a person enters treatment for addiction, the whole family will likely undergo some significant changes as well. Addiction impacts families deeply and in order to heal properly, it is necessary for all t...
