The Oregon Experiment
We shouldn’t forget that one of the primary traits of the addicted person is referred to as “continued use despite adverse consequences”.
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“Looks like we’ll never run out of new patients,” sighs a counselor who works in treatment programs for adults and adolescents.
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We shouldn’t forget that one of the primary traits of the addicted person is referred to as “continued use despite adverse consequences”.
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Purdue hired them to show the company how to survive and even grow richer in the teeth of the worst drug epidemic in US history – one where the company’s products played a key role. They did their job all too well.
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Anyway, it’s clear from this and a host of other examples that for some offenders at least, simple incarceration is never enough.
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We shouldn’t forget that one of the primary traits of the addicted person is referred to as “continued use despite adverse consequences”.
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“Looks like we’ll never run out of new patients,” sighs a counselor who works in treatment programs for adults and adolescents.
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Considering the number of cognitive errors involved, it shouldn't be difficult to understand why so many first offenders are eventually arrested for a second offense.
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“Looks like we’ll never run out of new patients,” sighs a counselor who works in treatment programs for adults and adolescents.
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When we fail to provide adequate treatment for substance disorders, we pay a price in terms of overall public health.
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...in the counseling field we frequently run into people who appear to have reached a point where they can't let anything pass by without confrontation.
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So why hasn't cannabis already prevented them from developing a severe opioid problem?
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Logically, the disease model of addiction shouldn’t threaten anyone’s belief in their own ability to recover, any more than a diagnosis of diabetes or hypertension suggests you can’t successfully recover from those illnesses.
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Unfortunately, their cannabis use may have become a problem, too, particularly if they’ve become dependent on the drug.
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Every time I run into a case like this, the drinker winds up his presentation by asking if he needs professional help. So far, I've yet to say no.
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I want to focus on the sheer persistence of that conditioned association between emotional pain and upset, and the desire to numb those feelings with chemicals.
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Logically, the disease model of addiction shouldn’t threaten anyone’s belief in their own ability to recover, any more than a diagnosis of diabetes or hypertension suggests you can’t successfully recover from those illnesses.
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In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
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In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
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It certainly makes sense that if you suffer from a major mental illness, you should stay away from pot.
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People have abused opiates for 5,000 years. As much as medicine depends on them, they've always created problems for a percentage of users.