We have recently talked a lot about access to addiction treatment in rural areas and working to shift attitudes about addiction treatment in those communities. We have discussed community-based...

Five days ago, on Thanksgiving here in the United States, the Journal of Rural Health released a report on a remarkable study. The Journal of Rural Health is the...

I would love for FLASprings.com to be a resource for anyone interested in outpatient methadone rehab in Florida, or anyone interested in medication-assisted treatment in general. Over the course...

If you read the first part of this 2-part series, hopefully, you have a slightly better understanding of how drug and alcohol dependence disrupts the reward functions of the...

Roughly one month ago, I wrote a series of articles on the history of addiction disease treatment. In those articles, we went over some wacky early theories about the...

The scientific process of measuring electrical charge in human tissue, through the measurement of mass-to-ion ratios, is called mass spectrometry. It was invented more than 100 years ago, and...

Today I wanted to take a look back at a June 2019 study from Calcaterra et al which looks at international perspectives on medication-assisted treatment. Medication-assisted treatment, or MAT,...

Recently I wrote an article that touched on some of the demonizations that happen to people with substance use disorder. We all carry all different types of stereotypes, and...

At the end of last week, I began a multi-part series on the history of substance use disorder treatment in the 20th century. I spoke about multiple early theories...

I applaud all efforts to decriminalize drugs at the state level and nationally because I see the ways that criminalization and demonization of drugs can affect the treatment of...

Medical practice came an incredibly long way between the 19th and 20th centuries. Barbers were no longer doing surgery. Cancer was much better understood. Americans started getting regular physical...

As the presidential race continues to be fought and votes continue to be tallied, we have seen multiple ballot measures around the country successfully pass that have ramifications for...

The combination of buprenorphine and naloxone is being studied as an option to treat pain associated with cancer and cancer treatment. Opioids are usually used to treat pain in...

Anyone who has read my articles before knows how I feel about the many barriers to care that patients with Opiate Use Disorder face. Earlier today I published a...

This article will be even more heavily weighted towards research than my writing normally is. I have written a lot about the major problems with the methadone and suboxone...

Before working on this article, I spoke to an old friend of mine who works in addiction counseling and worked inpatient intake at one of the best drug rehabs...

I usually cover new research in mental health and substance use disorder, as many of my colleagues work at the best drug rehabilitation center in Florida, Florida Springs in...

I went back and forth and back again when trying to choose a title for this story. For the past 6 months, I have reported on a series of...

Some of you that have visited this site before will know that I write for the best drug rehabilitation center in Florida, located in Panama City. In the first...

Starting today I will be informing people of the huge amount of data that was just released by an organization called “Project Opioid.” Project Opioid is a research and...

On the 9th of October, a new study was released that details the different problems faced by residential substance use disorder clinics when it comes to Covid-19. The study...

Physicians with substance use disorder who are actively using drugs can be a huge risk to themselves and their patients, especially with the high level of access to prescription...

Telehealth, or the process of seeing a health care provider over the internet with a webcam, is under threat because insurance companies may not pay for the service going...

Patient-centered care is a good way to describe how medicine works for most people with most health problems. If you go to your family physician and a health problem...

Late last week I wrote about some of the programs offered at the best drug rehabs in Florida and Alabama, and how those programs become even more critical for...

Earlier this week I wrote about the difficulties that the best drug rehabs in rural places like Florida and Alabama can face when it comes to barriers to care....

In the substance use disorder treatment context, barriers to care come in many different forms. A barrier to care can be anything that keeps would-be patients away from the...

It is a strange time in America and the world right now. People feel alone, maybe more than ever. People are scared, for good reason. Earlier this week I...

When Hurricane Sally ripped through the Florida panhandle, it was wet and very scary for many Florida residents. Those who live in the Florida Panhandle region faced real peril...

The news does not get better from there. Around 4% of the world’s population are Americans. Around 20% of positive Covid-19 cases are American cases, and worst of all,...