by Patrick Doyle | Jan 6, 2019 |
Don’t you hate it when politicians and drug/health policy decision makers declare that an Opioid crisis is a national pubic health emergency that requires our full resources; yet the overdose death toll and damage continues with little if any change? 70,000 or so...
by Patrick Doyle | Sep 17, 2018 |
We at Family Opioid Coaching have gotten hundreds of calls from frustrated, scared parents asking what they can do when their adult children refuse to consider the idea of NOT using drugs. Sometimes they live with a person who uses drugs (PWUD); too fearful to ask...
by Patrick Doyle | Apr 18, 2018 |
Important event in Cincinatti Ohio to support families who have lost a loved one through addiction. I’m hearing that such families often feel uncomfortable attending traditional bereavement support programs, from the reactions received from others upon...
by Patrick Doyle | Mar 21, 2018 |
She’s a 91-year-old practicing physician, granddaughter of a slave, and one of the first doctors to treat women with opioid addiction. #InternationalWomensDay How amazing and inspirational; for women, for all of us. Meet 91-Year-Old Dr. Melissa Freeman...
by Patrick Doyle | Mar 9, 2018 |
I have a lot of admiration for the intellect, passion, and compassion of Columbia University Professor Carl Hart, who is very open about his own use of drugs (including heroin). Until now, my understanding was that Dr. Hart had developed addiction early in life which...