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Our Recovery Community
Making a Safe Space for People to Seek Help
Ronny B, a Peer Specialist, describes his journey to recovery and how essential it is to make a safe space for people to seek help without fear of rejection.
Ronny B.
Peer Specialist
Policy & Advocacy
The Real Cost of Treating Disease like a Crime
Boulder Care’s Medical Director, Alyson Smith, and Community Justice expert, Jeremy Hubbard, explain why incarceration creates such dangerous situations for SUD patients -- and what can be done about it.
Alyson Smith, MD
Former Medical Director
Policy & Advocacy
The Ways We Regulate Stigma into Law
Ben MacLean, Boulder's General Counsel, explains how laws and regulations can fight against patients with SUDs and stand in the way of better treatment options.
Ben Maclean
General Counsel
Our Boulder Vision
Hollywood's Addiction to Treatment Tropes
Boulder's in-house writer, Michael, who also works in TV and film, explains how Hollywood's obsession with sad stories has created a distorted view of patients with substance use disorder.
Michael Walker
Creative Director
Our Recovery Community
Why people who share your experiences are critical to recovery
Casey D, a Peer Specialist, shares her story with Where To Next, a blog by Acumen America, explaining the critical role that peer specialists pay in patients’ recovery journeys.
Casey D.
Peer Specialist
Policy & Advocacy
How Criminal Justice (Mis)handles Addiction
Jeremy Hubbard discusses what he learned in his 16 year career as a parole officer about what the criminal justice system gets wrong around substance use disorder, treatment, and helping inmates with addictions.
Jeremy Hubbard
Owner, Liminal Justice Consulting, LLC