In the News; Week Ended March 22nd, 2026

 

‘I got independence back’: A man’s journey from addiction and unstable housing to a place of his own

A man’s journey from addiction and unstable housing to a place of his own

Genes tied to impulse control play a major role in addiction risk

“Most of the genetic predisposition to substance use disorders isn’t about how bodies respond to drugs; it’s about how brains are wired,” said Danielle Dick, director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center within the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and senior author of the study.

Alberta closing more supervised drug injection sites after study backs recovery approach

Alberta is closing more supervised drug injection sites after study backs recovery approach. The study, written by researchers with the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE), a provincial Crown corporation, found that the facility’s closure did not lead to a significant uptick in overdose deaths, as critics at the time warned it would. Nor was there a meaningful increase to the number of emergency calls to the surrounding area.