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Conant v. Walters

Keywords Medical marijuana; physicians; patient rights; medical recommendations; federal interference; cannabis

United States v. Russell

Keywords methamphetamine production; DEA; conviction; supply

Jacobson v. United States

Keywords Entrapment; due process; predisposition

Kortlever v. Whatcom County

Keywords MOUD; jail; ADA; inmate healthcare; medication-assisted treatment; Eighth Amendment

O’Connor v. Donaldson

Keywords Involuntary commitment; unconstitutional; non-dangerous individuals; self-care; involuntary hospitalization; mental health

Olmstead v. L.C.

Keywords ADA; disability rights; institutionalization; community-based treatment; SUD; unjust institutionalization; substance use disorder

Nonviolent Drug Offenders Need Treatment--Not Prison: The Solution to Prison Overcrowding in West Virginia

Keywords Drug courts; prison overcrowding; opioid epidemic; incarceration rates; West Virginia; recidivism; addiction; rehabilitation

Neuroscience and addiction research: Current advances and perspectives

Keywords Addiction; Substance Use Disorder; Neurobiology of Addiction; Brain Adaptation; Opioid Epidemic

The Vicious Cycle: Problematic Family Relations, Substance Abuse, and Crime in Adolescence: A Narrative Review

Keywords Adolescence; risky behaviors; juvenile delinquency; family communication; parental support; family climate; socio-economic status

Naloxone precipitated withdrawal increases dopamine release in the dorsal striatum of opioid dependent men

Drive, instinct, reflex-Applications to treatment of anxiety, depressive and addictive disorders

Keywords SEEKING (enthusiasm) system; addiction; anxiety disorders; depressive disorder; drive (instinct); instinct; neuropsychoanalysis; pleasure (principle)

P.G. v. Jefferson County

Keywords methadone; ADA; pretrial detainees; jails; due process violation; medication access; court ruling

Amicus Curiae Letter in Support of Petition for Review in Chelsea Becker v. Superior Court

Keywords pregnancy loss; stillbirth; substance use during pregnancy; criminal prosecution; prenatal care; substance use disorder

Brief of Amici Curiae Center for Constitutional Rights, Transgender Law Center, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Make the Road New York et al. in Support of Respondents

Keywords Homelessness; criminalization of poverty; Eighth Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; affordable housing crisis; public sleeping bans

Primer: Psychedelics

Keywords Psychedelics; Psilocybin; MDMA; Serotonin receptors; Therapeutic potential; Neurobiology; Set and setting; Neuroplasticity; LSD