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Essays · Page 2
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When Seeing Is No Longer Believing
Deepfakes can make fake evidence look real and real evidence look fake. Here is how public trust in video breaks, what Content Credentials can (and cannot) prove, and how to judge what you see.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 26: Protecting Youth and Families - Youth Drug Prevention Through Age Controls, Packaging, Marketing, and Liability
Part 26: youth drug prevention through cannabis age checks, packaging rules, marketing limits, child-resistant packaging, and accountability.
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What's a Good Recovery Workbook for Treatment Groups or Reentry Programs?
Recovery workbook for treatment groups and reentry: A Vision of Hope 90-day Workbook with daily accountability, plus ReturnPath for programs.
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Reentry Resources That Actually Help You Rebuild
Practical reentry resources after prison: 211, CareerOneStop, and SAMHSA for concrete needs, plus identity work families can support at home.
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What Curriculum Fits a 90-Day Inpatient or Short-Stay Track?
Identity-based workbook pacing for 90-day inpatient and short-stay residential tracks. ReturnPath complements clinical care, not a replacement.
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How Recovery Memoirs Treat Identity and Change
How recovery memoirs treat identity and change: shame, repair, and becoming someone new. Narrative psychology, not clinical neuroscience advice.
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Peer Recovery Groups for Young Adults Leaving Treatment or Justice Settings
Age-specialized peer recovery groups for young adults leaving treatment or justice settings: belonging, identity work, and guardrails beside clinical care.
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Why Guided Writing Works in Recovery (and What Research Says)
Guided journal for recovery and workbook science: what expressive writing research shows, and how structured daily practice differs from a blank notebook.
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When Recovery Stories Help, and When They Harm
Ethical use of recovery narratives: consent, coercion, co-option, and trauma-informed storytelling for facilitators, peers, and authors.
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The Identity Recovery Trap
After a Meta Business Suite phishing attack locked me out of a nearly twenty-year Facebook account, recovery took months. The hard part was not the password. It was proving I was me inside automated support.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 25: Punishing Pain or Saving Lives - The Real Choice in Drug Policy Reform
Part 25 reframes drug policy as punishing pain or saving lives: public health, overdose prevention, treatment on demand, and risk-based regulation.
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What Is Identity-Based Recovery?
What is identity-based recovery? It focuses on who you are becoming, not only behaviors to stop, via three self-identifying steps and ReturnPath beside clinical care.
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When Looking Like You Is No Longer Proof
Can deepfakes fool identity verification? Yes, when synthetic faces, voices, and ID images arrive together. How remote proofing works, where it weakens, and what still holds.
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The AI Identity Problem: Can AI Agents Hijack Your Digital Identity?
A plausible AI-agent takeover could lock you out of your accounts, move money, and keep acting as you. What is possible now, and how do we prevent it?
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Drug Legalization Series Part 24: The Ethical Case for Regulation - What We Owe People We Know Will Use Drugs
Part 24 on drug legalization ethics: we owe regulation that cuts preventable death instead of outsourcing safety to a black market when use is inevitable.
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What Curriculum Can Halfway Houses Use for Reentry Programming?
ReturnPath halfway house curriculum: 16-week reentry with workbook accountability, rolling enrollment, and facilitator guides for transitional housing.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 23: What Failure Looks Like If We Don't Change: Projecting the Status Quo Forward
Part 23 models drug overdose death projections under today's laws, showing what failure may look like if we keep the status quo.
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What Substance Abuse Curriculum Works for IOP and Sober Living?
IOP substance abuse curriculum for peer support and sober living, ReturnPath 16-week program with daily workbook practice between flexible group sessions.
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How Do I Quit Using Drugs Without Treatment?
How do I quit using drugs without treatment? Safety-first steps when rehab is unavailable, you are not ready for formal care, or fear keeps you from asking for help.
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Drug Legalization Series Part 22: Public Buy-In Is Built, Not Waited For: How Public Opinion Actually Shifts on Uncomfortable Drug Policy
How leaders build public support for drug policy that feels uncomfortable first, and why public perception shapes what lawmakers pass and fund.