Open Your Eyes : Americans For Evidence Based Drug Policy Reform

03/14/2026

12/30/2025

It has to be watched. If people stop paying attention the funding will dwindle.

Local governments have received hundreds of millions of dollars from the opioid settlements to support addiction treatment, recovery, and prevention efforts. Their spending decisions in 2024 were sometimes surprising and even controversial. Our new database offers more than 10,500 examples.

12/13/2025

This is so fking wrong in every way. They wonder why there's is a wedge between law enforcement and the communities they "serve".

Local governments have received hundreds of millions of dollars from the opioid settlements to support addiction treatment, recovery, and prevention efforts. Their spending decisions in 2024 were sometimes surprising and even controversial. Our new database offers more than 10,500 examples.

10/02/2025

🥺this is not the time for millions of people to lose their insurance😭

10/02/2025

Such a scum, cannot wait to these troglodytes are voted out

New Pentagon directives will overhaul the channels that allow troops and defense personnel to file whistleblower complaints, report toxic leadership or point out discrimination.

10/01/2025

When asked " how you think of just how significant the dangers are?" Burns replied, "the increase inexecutive power is perhaps the greatest existential threat to the United States right now."

Burns, who has made over 40 award-winning documentaries about all facets of the American experience, says that this concept of authoritarianism is not new to us, but it is an increasing threat.

"The patriots, the rebels, were mainly selecting against a despot, against an authoritarian. They knew human nature. They knew someone would eventually come along like that, and they were trying to figure out how to guard against it," he said.

"Jefferson, writing from Paris to Madison, said: What if someone should lose anelection but pretend false votes and reap the whirlwind? They weren’t idiots. They were really smart, and they were trying to guard against exactly that," Burns said.

Filmmaker Ken Burns, whose latest documentary focuses on the American Revolutionary War, tells the New York Times that the greatest existential threat to the United States right now is sitting right in the White House. "Jefferson says a few phrases after pursuit of happiness," Burns says, in referen...

12/29/2024

This is a huge need! If there’s anyone that has ever said “is there anything I can do to help?” now’s your time💜❤️

We believe our callers are most comfortable with operators that have “been there”. Do you have lived experience? Do you have harm reduction experience? Can you stay calm during an emergency? Do you want to be involved with saving lives? If so, we need you!. Requirements Abstinence is not require...

11/05/2024

The New Yorker

10/24/2024

10/18/2024

Great article. I would add the prevailing narrative that when relapse occurs it indicates that the individual failed the program and not the other way around is inherently damaging.

Substance use disorders are a complex and multifaceted public health issue affecting millions globally. In response to this growing crisis, two primary models

09/29/2024

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09/17/2024

Getting my copies in the mail today is a feeling that’s hard to describe. This project has changed me, and I've put my heart and soul into it for two years. I hope it guides America towards a better path.

To those who trusted me with their stories, ideas, and wisdom: I hope I’ve done right by you in writing this book.

And to every single person reading this: thank you for believing in this work and never giving up. I’m profoundly grateful.