Editorial Policy

Editorial Policy

The Recovery Desk is an independent English-language publication about addiction and recovery in the pharmacy profession. This page explains how we research, write, illustrate, and correct our entries.

Sourcing

Every factual claim in an entry rests on named public sources: regulatory board actions, published professional guidelines, court records, peer-reviewed literature, and official statements. We cite the source and date for each material fact. We do not rely on anonymous accounts or unverifiable hearsay. When a claim cannot be traced to a public source, we do not publish it as fact.

Naming

We use neutral, descriptive labels when referring to individuals and organizations. We do not characterize people as offenders, victims, or heroes unless a cited source uses that term in an official capacity. We make no suggestion that this publication succeeds, inherits, or continues any earlier organization, company, venue, or association. The Recovery Desk is a standalone publication. Its entries describe each subject in the publication's own words and claim no institutional continuity with any organization, program, or venue, past or present.

Uncertainty

Gaps in the public record are stated as gaps. Where a fact is unverified, disputed, or unknown, we say so directly: "the outcome of the case is not a matter of public record" or "the board has not published a determination." We do not smooth over missing information or speculate to fill it. Readers should be able to see exactly where our knowledge ends.

Images

All images on this site are illustrative scenes composed for each entry. They are staged to represent themes such as workplace stress, peer support meetings, or the structure of a monitoring agreement. They are captioned as illustrative and are never treated as documentary evidence. No image is presented as a photograph of a specific event, person, or place described in an entry.

Corrections

We correct errors as evidence-based revisions. A correction states the passage at issue, quotes it as originally published, identifies the new evidence, and presents the revised wording. Corrections are appended to the affected entry rather than silently applied. If a quoted passage was accurate but misleading in context, we note that as well.

Independence

The Recovery Desk operates independently of treatment providers, monitoring programs, licensing boards, and employers. Its coverage of the support system is descriptive, not promotional: we explain how monitoring, mentoring, meetings, and return-to-practice processes work so that pharmacists, students, families, and colleagues can understand the system itself. The Desk is not a treatment provider and publishes no medical advice.

This policy applies to every entry we publish. Questions about how a specific entry was sourced or corrected are answered against the standards above.