Category : View from the Hill

What Could Have Been


2014 saw Congress and federal agencies pay more attention to substance abuse and addiction than any other time in recent...

Andrew Kessler
30 Aug, 2014

Entering A World of Pain(Killers)vvv


In 1986, the drug in the news was cocaine. It was portrayed as the drug of choice for the wealthy, jet-setting, indulgent,...

Andrew Kessler
02 Jun, 2014

View from the Hill


The budget process in Washington in a “normal” year is nothing short of mind-boggling. Yet it usually follows a certain...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

View from the Hill


In the spring of 2011, the eyes of the entire nation were on Washington as Congress debated whether to raise the debt...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

View from the Hill: One Step Forward, Two Steps...


Over the last few years, the advocacy community in Washington, D.C that works on substance abuse issues has scored some...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Bath Salts: It’s Not a Day at the Spa


A new narcotics threat has emerged in recent years under the name bath salts. In truth, this narcotic is anything but what...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Recovery Month


September is once again Recovery Month, when advocates for substance abuse and addiction recovery around the United States...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Substance Abuse Policy in the 112th Congress: A...


With the 2010 midterm elections behind us, there are literally hundreds of questions surrounding Washington. While anyone...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Stirring the Pot: California’s Proposition 19


Mary Jane. Pot. Weed. Chronic. No matter what name you give to it, marijuana remains at the center of drug policy in the...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

View from the Hill: You’ve Got a Friend


In late 2003, a new coalition was formed in Washington. Led by Dr. Bill Dewey and Dr. Charles O’Keefe of Virginia...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Increasing the Odds on Funding for Gambling...


Most in the public only view the term “addiction” in terms of illicit drugs and alcohol, but the recent spate of...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Substance Abuse and Health Care: What Might Be or...


For the past year, health care reform has dominated the headlines and monopolized the time of Congress and the White House....

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Mergers and Acquisitions


For several months, the advocacy community for addiction prevention and treatment has followed the review process that is...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

View from the Hill


In many jurisdictions, a non-violent drug crime such as simple possession is a misdemeanor.  First-time offenders rarely...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Eye on the Needle


Needle exchange programs that run on state, local, and private dollars exist all over the country. There are currently over...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Prescription Drug Policy in America


Drug policy in America tends to focus on illicit drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, etc.  However,...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Parity


On October 3, 2008, the United States Congress passed into law the Paul Wellstone & Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Salvia: the Leaf and the Law


There has been debate recently as to whether the herb Salvia divinorum should be treated as a narcotic, and whether there...

Andrew Kessler
16 Sep, 2013

Parity Act: Finally a Reality


For years the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Parity Act was just a dream. The law itself passed in 2008, but just two...

TIAN DAYTON, MA, PH.D.,T.E.P
16 Sep, 2013

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