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after attending traditional abstinence-based settings”. Although they offer cannabis-inclusive recovery, “residents must have been unsuccessful at previous attempts to engage in an abstinence-based recovery process, and must be currently using drugs with a known lethal dose, or with side-effects that have the potential to be life-threatening”. Additionally, their website points out that “this is not for everyone, and is not available as a modality for those under 25 years of age”. May not be for everybody but if you have tried everything, and nothing has worked so far, maybe it’s time to think outside of the box.
Before finishing up I had to ask if Amanda thought the implementation of State cannabis laws would play a part in the future implementation of cannabis-inclusive recovery. Without hesitation I got a resounding yes. As the basic belief system, about cannabis, changes and it becomes more socially acceptable we will inevitably see movement in the treatment centers.
It cannot be forgotten that the opioid crisis has the ability to push this conversation forward as well. As persons dependent on opioids and their family members, who have tried everything available (without it working), keep running into the “brick wall” of relapse they will be more likely to be open to alternatives; especially when nothing else has worked for them.