The Recovery Advocate

11/16/2025

“Fentanyl traffickers were responding to consumer demand. They did not create it. The opioid crisis initially struck white areas not because of a conspiracy to destroy heartland America. Rather, it was a devastatingly ironic result of white Americans’ privileged access to the medical system.”

Everything the Trump administration is doing to stop the flow of drugs is just making the problem worse.

11/02/2025

An Alabama man’s recovery story shows what the program can do—and what could be lost.

10/30/2025

10/25/2025

Naloxone 🎃

09/01/2025

“People who use alcohol have consumer rights. They are not subject to institutionalized stigma and discrimination, and can openly seek evidence-based health education and support if they need it.”

Another International Overdose Awareness Day arrives on August 31. It’s a time for us to reflect once more on a ...

08/28/2025

Trump’s budget law effectively undoes much of the good that the Affordable Care Act did in reducing opioid deaths.

08/15/2025

“Though definitions vary, many experts now agree: If substance use no longer interferes with your ability to live a productive and loving life, then recovery has been achieved, with or without abstinence.”

There’s no single way to achieve addiction recovery.

08/08/2025

“The federal agency that oversaw methadone clinics also had objections, and the clinics didn’t want buprenorphine to cut into their business. “

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll.

07/21/2025

Santa Monica's new diversion program, SaMo Bridge, has successfully connected 37 people to housing and supportive services in its first

06/26/2025

“For more than 40 years, the United States—a nation that putatively cherishes freedom—has had one of the largest prison systems in the world.”

Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.

06/21/2025

Are you struggling to find a job because of your conviction record? Looking to visit, reunite with, or keep custody of your children? Need protection against workplace discrimination, harassment, and wage theft?

We're here to help! Join us next Wednesday for our Virtual Reentry Legal Clinic! We will be assisting with family reunification, expungements, and occupational licensing.

If you would like to attend, call (323)-563-3575, ext 6.

06/16/2025

California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now.