Tag: probation

Harvard Addiction Science Professor Admits Treatment is a Form of Coercion

Julie Eldred is a heroin user who violated probation by testing positive for an opioid. She’s contesting the probation violation ruling all the way up to Massachusetts’ State Supreme Court on the grounds that relapse is a symptom of the disease of addiction, and it’s therefore a cruel and unusual punishment to put her in… Continue reading Harvard Addiction Science Professor Admits Treatment is a Form of Coercion

A Sober Look At The Lohan Situation – Part 1

I realize that at first glance, this may appear to contradict much of what I say on this blog, but if you bear with me you’ll see that it doesn’t:  Lindsay Lohan is a victim.  Now I don’t think she’s a victim of the disease of addiction, and I’m not saying that her choices aren’t… Continue reading A Sober Look At The Lohan Situation – Part 1