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May 2026
- May 8Lived Experience & Community
If Someone You Love Has a Substance Use Disorder: The Family Guide
A trauma-informed family guide to substance use disorder: what to say, what not to, intervention myths, Al-Anon, and setting boundaries.
- May 8Technology & Innovation
The State of Recovery Technology in 2026
The 2026 landscape for recovery technology — digital therapeutics, AI, telehealth MAT, and the companies shaping the space.
- May 8Arizona Watch
Arizona's Recovery Infrastructure in 2026
Inside Arizona's recovery system in 2026 — AHCCCS, opioid settlement spending, Maricopa county services, and the treatment gap that refuses to close.
- May 8Harm Reduction
Living Through the Fentanyl Era: A Harm Reduction Primer
A practical harm reduction primer: how to use naloxone, how test strips work, what xylazine is, and Good Samaritan law basics.
- May 8Science & Medicine
The Science of Addiction in 2026: What We Actually Know
What addiction science actually says in 2026 — brain mechanisms, genetics, medications that work, and emerging treatments.
- May 8Treatment & Recovery
How to Find Addiction Treatment in America: The 2026 Guide
A practical, trauma-informed guide to finding addiction treatment in 2026 — SAMHSA, 211, insurance, and what to actually ask.
- May 8Policy & Funding
The 2026 U.S. Addiction Policy Landscape
2026 addiction policy overview: extended telehealth prescribing, SAMHSA grants, Medicaid risk, IMD waivers, opioid settlements.
- May 8The Crisis, By the Numbers
The U.S. Substance Use Crisis in 2026: By The Numbers
Definitive 2026 overview of U.S. substance use: overdose trends, SUD prevalence, fentanyl's grip, the treatment gap, and what's changing.
April 2026
- Apr 28Harm Reduction
Xylazine: What Frontline Workers Need to Know
Xylazine — α-2 agonist not reversed by naloxone — has spread to all 50 states. Here's what changes for first responders, harm reduction services, and people who use drugs.
- Apr 25Harm Reduction
Living Through the Fentanyl Era
Fentanyl has not just replaced heroin. It has changed what addiction looks like, what overdose looks like, and what recovery has to mean in 2026.
- Apr 24Treatment & Recovery
MAT in 2026: What It Is, What It Isn't
Buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone remain the three FDA-approved medications for OUD — and the most under-prescribed life-saving treatments in American medicine.
- Apr 23Arizona Watch
AHCCCS Quietly Becomes a National Model for Buprenorphine Access
Arizona's Medicaid program (AHCCCS) removed prior authorization requirements for buprenorphine in late 2025. Year-over-year prescriptions are up 41% — and overdose deaths in covered populations are down 18%.
- Apr 22Science & Medicine
Addiction Is a Brain Disease — and What That Means in 2026
The brain-disease model of addiction has been the dominant framework in American medicine for thirty years. The 2026 evidence base both vindicates and complicates the original claim.