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Drug Free America Foundation. The Drug Free America Foundation ( DFAF) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization founded in 1976 by former US Ambassador Mel Sembler, [2] his wife Betty Sembler ( née Schlesinger ), and Joseph Zappala [3] as Straight, Inc., [4] renamed The Straight Foundation, Inc. in 1985 and Drug Free America Foundation in 1995.
Synanon was founded in 1958 by Charles Dederich Sr., a member of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) from Santa Monica, California. [ 3] At the time of Synanon's founding, those suffering from drug addiction were not always welcomed into AA because their issues were considered significantly different from those of alcoholics.
Betty Ford Center. / 33.7630802°N 116.4013637°W / 33.7630802; -116.4013637. The Betty Ford Center ( BFC) is a non-profit, residential treatment center for persons with substance dependence in Rancho Mirage, California. It offers inpatient, outpatient, and residential day treatment for alcohol and other drug addictions, as well as ...
MDMA “has been shown to be safe and effective in the right conditions,” says Sunil Aggarwal, M.D., Ph.D., a physician in Seattle, Washington, who had been hoping to soon prescribe the drug to ...
In June, the FDA's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committeevoted 9-2 against MDMA as an effective treatment for PTSD patients, and 10-1 that the drug's benefits do not outweigh the risks.
Homelessness in Portland increased by 65% from 2015 to 2023, from 1,887 people to 6,297, according to the latest figures. ... They formed an informal collective of drug treatment centers, medical ...
New York City had 420 heroin overdose deaths in 2013 — the most in a decade. A year ago, Vermont’s governor devoted his entire State of the State speech to heroin’s resurgence. The public began paying attention the following month, when Philip Seymour Hoffman died from an overdose of heroin and other drugs.
In the Trans Mental Health Study 2012, 24% of participants had used drugs within the past year. The most commonly used drug was cannabis. 19% currently smoked. [139] A study published in 2013 found that among a sample of transgender adults, 26.5% had engaged in non-medical use of prescription drugs, most commonly analgesics. [156]