Crime is a complex subject. Protecting children from Adverse Childhood Experiences prevents crime and strengthens communities.

Former Principal Deputy Director and Chief of Staff of the National Institute of Justice at the US Department Howard Spivak says he feels empowered by The Stop Abuse Campaign to end ACEs.

The most effective, affordable, and decent thing we can do to prevent suicide is to prevent the lifetime of pain ACEs cause.

Violence prevention expert Linda Degutis has agreed to become chair of the board of the Stop Abuse Campaign

Talking about homelessness in the context of ACEs lets us talk about primary prevention and successful intervention in a way we simply cannot right now.

The opiate crisis supplanted the methamphetamine crisis, which superseded the crack cocaine crisis. And I can’t guess the next chemical de jour that hurt people will choose as a treatment for their pain. But I know there will be one; this isn't about the chemical; it's about the pain.

In a rush to explain a tragedy, everyone got the story wrong. We still get the exact same parts wrong, which has a lot to do with why our national rate of suicide has increased in the last 25 years, and our national rate of IV drug use has skyrocketed in that time. As we re-telling Kurt’s story, we still getting it wrong, and we’re not learning the lessons we need to.

If all goes as planned, this clinic will prescribe the opiates that she will become addicted to—again. They will dull her constant physical pain. They will dull her psychological torment—the particular trait that makes them so attractive to so many. The doctors involved in prescribing them largely overlook the psychological torment, however; a narrow view of a very complicated problem makes for convenient medical treatment.