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Dec 21, 20212 min read

Treat and Prevent Opioid Use

Turn to any TV channel and you are likely to see an ad for medications to prevent HIV infections. All it requires for patients to take...

Dec 15, 20212 min read

SAMHSA Grant Awarded

We are proud to announce that ARCA has received a 5-year SAMHSA grant to provide Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Prescription...

Dec 9, 20212 min read

Percy Menzies response to a recent NY Times Article

Percy Menzies response to a recent NY Times Article that minimizes the dangers of using heroin and other powerful opioids.

Dec 3, 20212 min read

"Ask Your Doctor"

Physician, heal thyself is a common refrain we have heard. In the mini docu-drama, Dopesick which many of us watched with great interest...

Nov 22, 20213 min read

A Brief History of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

MAT has become a noun, synonymous with the treatment of addictive disorders, especially opioid use disorder (OUD). Why this term and how...

Nov 9, 20216 min read

Our Moral Obligation

The raw statistics of the opioid crisis in the United States are startling. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health,...

Nov 2, 20212 min read

Missing Link in the Opioid Prevention Strategy

https://www.hhs.gov/overdose-prevention/primary-prevention HHS announced a prevention strategy incorporating elements of harm reduction...

Nov 2, 20213 min read

What’s in a Name?

In our field of addiction medicine, we are often reminded and rightly so to refrain from using stigmatized terms and words like, addict,...

Aug 27, 20217 min read

Reclaiming the Public Square of Opioid Addiction Treatment

The public square in American history can trace its roots to ancient Greece. Amidst the city-states that arose on rocky Mediterranean...