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- Springtime & Sobriety: Understanding the Risks
- Understanding Gambling Addiction: Signs, Risks, and Paths to Recovery
- Alcohol Withdrawal: What to Expect and How to Safely Detox
- How to Use Narcan and Where to Get It – A Life-Saving Guide
- Does Insurance Cover Addiction Treatment in D.C., Maryland, Virginia and Philadelphia? A Complete Guide
- Understanding the Link Between Substance Use and Heart Health
- Addiction Treatment: Understanding Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, At-Home Detox and Safe Medical Detox
- Kolmac Celebrates Pride Month: LGBTQ+ Support with Individualized Substance Abuse Treatment
- Unveiling Kolmac’s Impact Through Employee Testimonials
- Empowering Recovery: Kolmac’s Commitment to Harm Reduction in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
- Triumphing Over Relapse: Kolmac’s Path to Lasting Recovery
- Nurturing Wellness: Kolmac’s Commitment to Maternal Mental Health
- Alcohol Awareness Month – Recognizing the Signs and Seeking Help
- Nurturing Recovery: A Comprehensive Guide to Self-Care at Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health
- April: Alcohol Awareness Month – Understanding and Overcoming Alcohol Dependency
- The Integral Role of Families in Methadone Treatment and Recovery
- Addressing Men’s Mental Health & Substance Use at Kolmac
- In-Home Detox with Medical Supervision: A Compassionate Path to Recovery
- The Silent Epidemic: Unveiling the Gendered Risks of Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health, and Alcoholism Among Women
- A Holistic Approach to Managing Withdrawal Symptoms with Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health
- Navigating Setbacks on Your Substance Use Recovery Journey: Five Strategies for Resilience
- Addressing and Understanding Substance Use Disparities in the LGBTQ+ Community
- Breaking the Chains of Stigma: Kolmac’s Approach to Addiction Treatment
- Understanding the Complex Relationship Between Suicide, Substance Use Disorder, and Finding Hope Through Kolmac’s Treatment
- Embracing the New Year with Dry January: A Journey to Wellness and Addiction Recovery
- Comprehensive Addiction Treatment: A Path to Recovery
- Understanding the Hazards: Cigarettes and Your Health
- Navigating the New Year – Staying Sober and Focused on Recovery
- Empowering Change: Kolmac’s Safe, Comfortable, and Effective Home-Based Outpatient Withdrawal Management (Detox) Program
- Holistic Care: Dr. Erika Kane, Chief Medical Officer
- Outpatient Detox and Virtual Withdrawal Management
- Starting Drug Addiction Recovery with Dave from Kolmac and Jonathan from Concerted Care Group
- Understanding the Rise of Alcohol Use in the United States
- Understanding Opioid Withdrawal
- Advice for People Interested in Addiction Recovery with Dave and Jonathan
- The Role of Support Groups in Substance Use Disorder Recovery
- The Complex Connection: Understanding Co-Occurring Disorders in Substance Use Disorder Patients
- The Top 10 Benefits of Outpatient Alcohol and Substance Use Treatment: Regaining Control and Healing
- I’m Concerned About My Loved One’s Substance Use
- How Do I Know if I Have a Drinking Problem?
- Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health Centers Announces Merger With Concerted Care Group
- Telehealth Improves Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment
- Why Is Drug Use in America on the Rise?
- What Is Alcohol and Drug Withdrawal?
- What Is a Drug Overdose?
- What Are the Effects of Alcohol?
- Is Drug Addiction a Disease?
- What Causes Drug and Alcohol Addiction?
- What Is Substance Use Disorder?
- What Is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
- What Is a Toxic Relationship, and How Can You Get Out of One?
- How Does Social Media Affect Teen Substance Use?
- How to Get a Job Despite Your Mental Health Condition
- How Your Home Environment Affects Your Mental Health
- How to Help a Struggling Coworker
- 10 Self-Care Tips for Veterans and Active-Duty Service Members
- A Guide to Common Mental Health Issues in Teenagers
- Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health Centers Reopen With COVID-19 Precautions
- Stay Connected to Ease the Fear of Relapse During COVID-19
- Treating Patients with Substance Use Disorders During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health Centers Launches Online Treatment for Patients and Families
- Why employers should support employees fighting addiction
- ASAM’s New Definition of Addiction Better Explains a Complicated Disease
- How do you decide whether you need inpatient and outpatient addiction treatment?
- The Kolmac CARES group is a family addiction resource to help you help your loved one
- Three ways to fight back against relapse
- Start 2020 off right with these resolutions for recovery
- Addiction Doesn’t Take Holidays, So Neither Does Kolmac
- Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health Centers Announces New Annapolis Addiction Treatment Center
- Stay sober and safe on Blackout Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving
- Kolmac offers tips to manage addiction triggers
- Marijuana edibles are not just sweet treats
- Addiction and Holidays
- The sober curious movement brings substance-free living into the mainstream
- Increasing amounts of research shed light on addiction in women
- Kolmac is now offering daytime addiction treatment in Baltimore
- Peer support and addiction recovery are linked at Kolmac
- Medication assisted treatment is part of our comfortable and safe detox
- Dr. Sam Bauman is the new Clinical Director at our Towson addiction treatment center
- International Overdose Awareness Day raises awareness of drug-related death
- Now offering telephone intake evaluations on Saturdays
- Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health Centers Expands into Pennsylvania with Acquisition of BioCare Recovery
- Now offering treatment at our new outpatient addiction treatment center in Yardley
- Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health Centers offers a unique system of relapse prevention
- Group therapy is the core of Kolmac’s approach
- Cannabis-Impaired Driving
- Tobacco Addiction and E-Cigarettes: Encouraging News, But…
- Cannabis Research in Twins – The Contribution of Research to Understanding the Complexities Cannabis/Marijuana
- Cannabis (aka Marijuana) Research on PTSD: More Obstacles
- Illegal Drugs, The Wall, and The Government Shutdown
- Keeping the Hope of Recovery Alive: A Posthumous Gift from Bill Wilson
- Encouraging News About Teenage Substance Use in 2018
- Alarm About Vaping Trumps Concern About Opioids
- Big News for Kolmac -What’s Next for Kolmac?
- Kratom Research Approved: A Victory of Knowledge Over Ignorance
- So-Called Medical Cannabis in Maryland
- 9 Things To Know About CBD Products
- Tips for remaining sober during the holiday season
- Marijuana and youth – Is regular use of cannabis (aka marijuana) bad for young brains?
- Opioid Epidemic Update: Still Looking for Balance
- Beginning Our Fourth Chapter – Kolmac’s Mission
- The Evolving Frontier of Medical Cannabis (aka Marijuana)
- A Sad Loss for the Addiction Field
- Legalizing Medical Cannabis in Maryland
- CareFirst Addiction Program
- Moving Opioid Addiction Treatment
- Marijuana, Alcohol, Opioids: How Much Use By Whom?
- Daily Marijuana Use by Young Adults: The College Divide
- Federally Legal Cannabis: Something You Probably Did Not Know
- Expanding Kolmac’s Reach – A New Chapter at Kolmac
- More Choices Translate into More Recovery Opportunities
- Recovery is Possible with Healing Relationships
- Smoking in Las Vegas
- Rising Opioid Overdose Deaths – the Story is More Complex
- Alcohol Continues to be the Most Common Problem Substance
- Increase Usage of Cocaine
- Confused About the Legal Status of Marijuana
- Concerned About Upcoming Engagements on the Fourth?
- Medical Marijuana is Being Restored as a Legitimate Medication
- Using Group Therapy to Help with Addiction
- The Original Working Manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Self-Assessment Tools: Are You Addicted?
- International Visitors to Kolmac
- Using Smartphones to Improve Recovery
- Recovery: A Formal Definition
- Seven Times Deadlier Than the Opioid Epidemic
- Confused About CBD? Two Things to Know
- An Update about Cannabis Research
- Responding to the Opioid Epidemic: Two Advantages of Outpatient Treatment
- Pharmaceutical CBD (Cannabidiol): 4 Reasons for Celebration
- Using Telemedicine to Improve Outpatient Detoxification
- April is Alcohol Awareness Month
- The Power of the AA Big Book
- The “Big Book” of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Patients With Chronic Pain: Collateral DEA Damage
- Leading the Way in Treating Opioid Addiction
- Medical Cannabis (“Marijuana”) Lecture: Video Now Available
- White House Opioid Summit: Searching for the Positive
- Measuring Progress in Recovery: Detoxification
- Adolescent Marijuana Use: Arrival of Expected Bad News
- A Lack of Compassion and Evidence
- 5 Signs of Quality Treatment
- What’s New in Outpatient Detoxification Medications for Addictions?
- The Opioid Epidemic: Further Fallout
- President’s Drug Addiction and Opioid Commission Revisited
- Marijuana: Trying to Stop the Tide
- Cannabis in 2018: The Next Phase Begins
- Dr. Kolodner On The Crucial Role Of IOP
- A Path To Recovery From Addiction
- CareFirst has just announced their Addiction Program
- Holiday Cheer or Holiday Woes?
- The Holidays and Recovery: Strategies For Staying Sober, Part 2
- The Holidays and Recovery: Strategies for Staying Sober
- Addiction Medicine: Alive and Well in Maryland and DC
- The President and His Opioid Commission: Out of Synch
- Treating Substance Use Disorders in a Primary Care Setting
- What’s Next for the Opioid Crisis? 3 Things We Know
- Kolmac is now in network with TRICARE
- Isolation, Despair, and Recovery from Addiction
- 3 Reasons Outpatient Detoxification is Helpful
- Addiction Treatment in the Real World
- Marijuana Use in College: Two New Reports
- Mindfulness: A Powerful Relapse Prevention Tool
- What’s Next for the Opioid Epidemic After the Departure of Secretary Price?
- Traumatic Memories: The Cruelest Relapse Trigger
- Forest of Hope: Triumph Over Addiction & Stigma
- Powerlessness, Science, and the Recovery Community
- Two Authoritative Updates on Cannabis (aka Marijuana)
- Is the Opioid Addiction Epidemic a National Emergency?
- Surgery Without Opioids
- Marijuana Research: Yet Another Obstacle
- A Win for the Trump Administration
- Addiction Doctors Advocating for Addiction Treatment
- More Good News About the Opioid Epidemic: Help From the States
- The Republican Health Care Bill and Addictions: Making a Bad Situation Worse
- Opioid Epidemic: Some Good News
- Recovery Despite Relapse: A New Approach
- Addicts in Treatment: Protecting, Neglecting, and Sometimes Exploiting Them
- The Opioid Epidemic and The Trump Administration
- Willpower: Use and Abuse
- Addiction and the Brain
- Cooperation in Maryland on the Opioid Crisis
- The Uneducated Views of HHS Secretary Tom Price
- Is the Drug Czar Obsolete?
- Opioid Overdose Deaths Persist
- War on Drugs Redux
- Four Ways to Begin to Close the Addiction Treatment Gap
- Treatment Delayed Is Treatment Denied
- Trump’s Opioid Commission: A First Step
- Addiction Treatment: When Insurance Is Not Enough
- Improving Pain Treatment While Preventing Opioid Addiction
- Our Achievement In 2016 And Plans For 2017
- Advice for the Trump Administration
- From Hippocrates: Preventing Opioid Addiction
- Collaborating on Buprenorphine
- Preventing Relapses by Addressing Triggers
- Cannabis: Getting the Facts
- Addiction Treatment and Politics
- Addressing Opioid Addiction in Maryland
- Welcome News For Tobacco Addicts
- An Inaugural Surprise: Drug Lord Extradited
- Struggling For Recovery
- Denial, and Wishful Thinking
- Cannabis Legalization: A Visit to Washington State
- Good News at Year’s End: Decreased Substance Use by Youth
- Dr. Paulo Negro discusses the opioid crisis and possible solutions
- The Holiday Season and Recovery: Six More Strategies for Staying Sober
- Kolmac offers tips for staying sober over the holidays
- To Obama and Biden: Farewell and Thank You
- The Surgeon General’s Alcohol and Drug Report Is Worth Reading
- The Serenity Prayer’s “Courage to Change”
- Regulation of Addiction Treatment in the Trump Administration
- College Aged Substance Use Patterns
- Addiction in the News: Implications for Clinical Practice
- ‘New Thinking About Benzodiazepines’ Video (Free Resource)
- Cannabis Prohibition and the November Election, Revised
- Dr. Kolodner Interviewed on Maryland Spotlight (ABC2 News)
- When Bad Things Happen to a Good Medication: The Continued Attacks on Buprenorphine
- Kratom and the DEA: An Eleventh Hour Reprieve
- Making Sense of the Misdeeds of Addicted People: Why Can’t They Stop?
- All in the Family: Q & A with Kolmac Alumni Family Group Facilitator Steve R.
- Benzodiazepines and Addiction: New Thinking about Old Drugs
- White House Weighs In On Recovery Month
- Recovery Month 2016
- SMART and AA: One Man’s Recovery Journey
- Area 4: The Recovery Support Community: 4 Principles to Know
- Five Things I Learned About Legalized Cannabis in Washington State
- Area 3: Making Addiction Treatment Effective and Efficient
- Understanding Treatment for and Recovery from Addiction: Getting Patients into Treatment
- Addiction, Transcendental Meditation and the Super Mind
- HHS Ups Buprenorphine Patient Limit, Raising 3 Important Questions
- Goodbye to Pain as the Fifth Vital Sign
- Robert Lubran Talks Controversy of Buprenorphine Use for Opioid Addiction
- Understanding Treatment for and Recovery from Addiction: Demystifying Change
- Understanding Treatment for and Recovery from Addiction: Four Areas to Address
- Buprenorphine Controversy: Continued, Further Refinements
- Opioid Pain Medication: A Neglected Option
- Voice of America Talks Opioid Epidemic with Dr. George Kolodner
- Stepping Away from Suboxone: Arlene’s Story
- Pain Medication and Addiction: Changing Our Approach
- Buprenorphine and Beyond: Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders
- Cracks in the DEA Wall Against Cannabis Research?
- Meet Dr. Raphael Mechoulam: The Father of Modern Cannabis Research
- The Connection between Transcendental Meditation and Recovery
- Kolmac: What’s In a Name?
- Kolmac Clinic Changes Name to Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health Centers Unveils New Logo and User-Friendly, Mobile Website
- Food Addiction Q&A: David T. Courtwright
- Prescribing Opioids for Pain: Reversing the Brainwashing
- Problem Gambling: Have the Conversation
- Help For Family and Friends: Realistic Optimism
- Recovery Help for Family & Friends: A Personal Account
- Addiction Help for Family & Friends: Part Two
- Boarding the Lifeboat to Recovery: One Man’s Journey
- Addiction Help for Family & Friends: Part One
- Marijuana: People Want To Know More
- Enlarging the Tent – Addiction Professionals
- Drug Use Trends by Teens in 2015: Mostly Good News
- The State of the Union’s Prescription Opioid Addiction Epidemic
- “What is Addiction?”
- Watching Amy Die
- Recovery at Year’s End, 2015
- Will Help Be Coming Soon? Government Responses to Opioid Addiction
- Q&A: Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Chief Medical Officer, Phoenix House
- Gambling Addiction: Zoning Out Without the Drug
- Maintaining Recovery through the Holidays
- Preventing Burnout: 4 Ingredients for Maintaining Balance
- 42 Years and Counting
- “CHIPS”: Another Recovery Acronym
- Alcohol: Social Lubricant or Social Isolator?
- Q&A: Dr. Marvin Seppala, Chief Medical Officer, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
- The 3 C’s of Group Therapy for Substance Use Disorders
- Government Aid with Access to Buprenorphine
- You Are Not Alone: Q&A with Kolmac Alumni Coordinator AJ Mitchell
- On Being a Therapist in Recovery
- Universal Precautions in Pain Medicine: A Rational Approach to the Treatment of Chronic Pain
- A Life-Sized Bill Wilson and National Recovery Month
- A Firm Foundation
- Yoga for Recovery
- The Irish Virus
- Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia in Opioid Treatment Patients: Is it Opioid-Induced?
- Willpower: Too Valuable to Waste
- The Return of Medical Cannabis: 4 Points for Consideration
- Growing Once, Growing Twice: the American Society of Addiction Medicine Provides Education and Insights to Clinicians
- Recovery May Take Grit and Deliberate Practice
- Recovering Addict Co-Founds Medication-Assisted Recovery Friendly N.A. Group
- Chronic Non-Cancer Pain, Opioid Medication, and Addiction: How Dangerous?
- The Buprenorphine Saga, Continued: More Highlights from ASAM 2015
- (Mostly) Positive Attitude Shifts about Drug Addiction Treatment: My View on the New Drug Czar’s Remarks at the ASAM 2015 Annual Meeting
- ADHD and Addiction: Q&A with Dr. Alan Zametkin
- Debating Marijuana: Points of Agreement
- Baltimore: A Battleground in the War on Drugs
- In Recognition of My Work as an Addiction Psychiatrist
- I Had to Change Inside
- The Puzzling Paucity of Medications for Alcohol Use Disorders
- Kolmac Treats 2,000 in 2014
- Anti-Legalization but Pro-Reform: Q&A with Kevin A. Sabet, PhD
- Second Class Citizenship: Narcotics Anonymous and Buprenorphine
- Medical Cannabis: So Much to Learn
- Medical Marijuana: A Dilemma for Doctors and Their Patients
- Bill Wilson, TM, and the 11th Step
- What Really Caused the Death of David Carr?
- Heroin Addiction: 2 Barriers to Using Buprenorphine in Treatment
- Rolling the Dice: Problem Gambling and Substance Use Disorder Recovery
- The New Smokes: E-Cigarettes and Teenagers
- The Congressional Elephant and the Marijuana Mouse and Science Collide
- Back to BASICS: An Intervention Strategy for the Drinking College Population
- Recent Drug Use Trends in the College Age Years
- Treating Addictions with the Transcendental Meditation Technique
- Drug Use Trends in 2014
- Looking Back and Ahead
- The Congressional Elephant and the Marijuana Mouse: When Politics and Science Collide
- The Holiday Season and Recovery: 6 More Strategies for Staying Sober
- The Holiday Season & Recovery: 6 Strategies for Staying Sober
- The Buprenorphine/Suboxone Controversy 2: Challenges & Changes
- The Buprenorphine/Suboxone Controversy, Part 1: The Opinions
- Informing Ourselves about E-Cigarettes
- Marijuana: Finding Balance
- Marijuana: Where Do VOTERS Stand?
- Marijuana: Where Do YOU Stand?
- Substance-Related and Addictive Conditions in DSM-5
- Researching Recovery: 5 More Questions & Answers from Vaillant
- About Alcoholism: 4 Questions & Answers
- A Unique Insight into Alcoholism
- Getting Out the Good Word
- Certainly You Can Have Just One or Two?
- Modern Addiction Recovery Q&A with Dr. Mel Pohl
- Recovery Month: A Time to Be Positive
- An Updated History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery
- A Safe Bet: More Treatment Needed in Maryland for Gambling Addiction
- Study Confirms Marijuana Use Harmful to Adolescents
- Interest in Addictions in Congress
- Language Matters
- The Pleasure of the Unexpected
- Study Affirms Outpatient as Effective as Inpatient Treatment for Addictions
- Let’s Not Forget About Alcohol
- Guest Post: Can Addiction Ever Be A Gift?
- 3 More Wishes for Addiction Treatment
- Marijuana, a Drug Known by Many Names
- My #1 Wish for Addiction Treatment
- Medication Well-Managed Aids Recovery
- Better Times
- When Experts Are Wrong
- We Can Do Hard