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[He’d Rather Die?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hed-rather-die/) - [What We Can Learn from Estonia](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/what-we-can-learn-from-estonia/) - [Those Troubling OD Statistics](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/those-troubling-od-statistics/) - [Kid-Friendly Pot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/kiddie-friendly-pot/) - [FDA and the Zynners](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/fda-and-the-zynners/) - [The Pot Patrol](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-pot-patrol/) - [The Bigger Fish](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-bigger-fish/) - [A Plan Worth Reviving](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-plan-worth-reviving/) - [Split Over Kratom](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/split-over-kratom/) - [Big Pot Meets Big Labor](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/big-pot-meets-big-labor/) - [New Money or Not?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/new-money-or-not/) - [This isn’t an emergency?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/this-isnt-an-emergency/) - [Bad Days in Baltimore](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/bad-days-in-baltimore/) - [Alcohol Study Suppressed](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/alcohol-study-suppressed/) - [Doubts about Diagnosis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/doubts-about-diagnoses/) - [Microdosing hallucinogens](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/microdosing-hallucinogens/) - [The Daily Pot Diet](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-daily-diet-of-pot/) - [Is Anger Addictive?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-anger-addictive/) - [Welcome to EVALI](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/welcome-to-evali/) - [Rage-baited](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rage-baited/) - [Fool Me, Please](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/fool-me/) - [86 that, will ya?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/86-that-will-ya/) - [Bad Call on Vaping](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/bad-call-on-vaping/) - [A New Czar at ONDCP](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-new-czar-at-ondcp/) - [A Most Unsatisfactory Ending](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-most-unsatisfactory-ending/) - [A Big Bet on an Uncertain Future](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-big-bet-on-an-uncertain-future/) - [Addicted to Exercise?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/addicted-to-exercise/) - [The Storytellers](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-storytellers/) - [Numbers Game](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-numbers-game/) - [A DUI Breakthrough?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-breakthrough/) - [Another Round with Ibogaine](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-round-with-ibogaine/) - [Medical MJ for MH](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/medical-mj-for-mh/) - [PAP or Pill?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pap/) - [We Don’t Want A New Drug](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/we-dont-want-a-new-drug/) - [Drunk Driving in Rural America](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drunk-driving-in-rural-america/) - [Overdiagnosed?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/overdiagnosed/) - [Gambling, Teen Style](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/gambling-teen-style/) - [A near-catastrophe, featuring psilocybin](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-near-catastrophe-featuring-psilocybin/) - [Commercial Determinants of Health](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/commercial-determinants-of-health/) - [She does have a point…](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/she-does-have-a-point/) - [FDA favors flavors](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/fda-favors-flavors/) - [60 Years of “Warspeak”](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/60-years-of-warspeak/) - [Withdrawal Management, in Practice](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/withdrawal-in-practice/) - [Detox versus Withdrawal Management](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/detox-versus-withdrawal-management/) - [Update on Pot-related DWI…](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/update-on-pot-related-dwi/) - [Undercounted?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/undercounted-2/) - [RFKjr. & the toilet seat](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rfkjr-the-toilet-seat/) - [The Gray Lady Reconsiders](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-gray-lady-reconsiders/) - [The ‘Have To” Disorder](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-have-to-disorder/) - [Across State Lines](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/across-state-lines/) - [Is Social Media Addictive?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-social-media-addictive/) - [Odds & Ends, Cannabis Edition](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/odds-ends-cannabis-edition/) - [DWI “Scam”-dal](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dwi-scam-dal/) - [Yet Another Celebrity Overdose](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-celebrity-overdose/) - [Another Look at Diagnosis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-look-at-diagnosis/) - [Your Program’s CUT! Or maybe not…](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/your-programs-cut-or-maybe-not/) - [No More Drink Limits](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/no-more-drink-limits/) - [A System Transformed](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-system-transformed/) - [How Many is Too Many?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/how-many-is-too-many/) - [Gen Z Prefers Pot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/gen-z-prefers-pot/) - [The Menace of Disposable Vapes](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-menace-of-disposable-vapes/) - [More on Medetomidine](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-on-medetomidine/) - [A Decision, with Consequences](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-decision-with-consequences/) - [The Skaggs Case: A Last Update](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-skaggs-case-a-last-update/) - [Is There An Alcoholic Personality?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-there-an-alcoholic-personality/) - [A War on Who?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-war-on-who/) - [“Scromiting”](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/scromiting/) - [A War with No Ending](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-war-with-no-ending/) - [AI for Mental Health? Not So Fast](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ai-for-mental-health-not-so-fast/) - [Bupe or Bust](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/bupe-or-bust/) - [Is This Recovery?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-this-recovery-2/) - [A Treatment Program in a Corrections Setting](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-treatment-program-in-a-corrections-setting/) - [In Luxury’s Lap, with lorazepam](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-luxurys-lap-with-lorazepam/) - [Pot and the Pregnant Person](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pot-and-the-pregnant-person/) - [A Massive Growth Spurt for Gambling](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-massive-growth-spurt-for-gambling/) - [The Skaggs Case - an update](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-skaggs-case-an-update/) - [An Uncomfortable Question](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-uncomfortable-question/) - [“Struck Sober”](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/struck-sober/) - [More Dangerous Than We Knew](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-dangerous-than-we-knew/) - [Shatter and Dab](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/shatter-and-dab/) - [Hard to say, but good to know](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hard-to-say-but/) - [A Link with Dementia](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-link-with-dementia/) - [A Closer Look at Overdose](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-closer-look-at-overdose/) - [Out of Focus](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/out-of-focus/) - [Those Pesky Narcosubs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/those-pesky-narcosubs/) - [An Uptick in Teen Suicide](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-uptick-in-teen-suicide/) - [Drugged Driving: an update](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drugged-driving-an-update/) - [Parenting Under The Influence](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/parenting-under-the-influence/) - [Officers in the House](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/officers-in-the-house/) - [Anonymity — Out of Date?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/anonymity-out-of-date/) - [Golden Triangles](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/golden-triangles/) - [Motivational Speaker](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/motivational-speaker/) - [The Scottish Problem](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-scottish-problem/) - [OMG- A Conspiracy?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/omg-a-conspiracy/) - [That Myth About Wine](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/that-myth-about-wine/) - [A Novel Approach](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-novel-approach/) - [Overstimulated?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/overstimulated/) - [Here We Go Again (Kratom)](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/here-we-go-again-kratom/) - [Why Doctors Dislike SUDs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/why-doctors-dislike-suds/) - [Will It Ever End?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/will-it-ever-end/) - [Ketamine Slumber](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ketamine-slumber/) - [A Bad Cut, at a Bad Time](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-bad-cut-at-a-bad-time/) - [How Long Is Too Long? Board-wise.](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/how-long-is-too-long-board-wise/) - [OD Epidemic Nearing an End?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/od-epidemic-nearing-an-end/) - [Not Necessarily Good News](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/not-necessarily-good-news/) - [A Complicated Question](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-complicated-question/) - [A Cult Phenomenon](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-cult-phenomenon/) - [An Odd Situation Indeed](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-odd-situation-indeed/) - [A Bad Day For Baltimore](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-bad-day-for-baltimore/) - [Should We Pay People Not to Use Meth?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/should-we-pay-people-not-to-use-meth/) - [Intrusions into the Mind](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/intrusions-into-the-mind/) - [A Visit to Injection Central](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-visit-to-injection-central/) - [A bright idea?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-bright-idea/) - [Odds & Ends from Pot Nation](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/odds-ends-from-pot-nation/) - [The Natural History of PTSD](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-natural-history-of-ptsd/) - [One for PTSD, One for Pain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/one-for-ptsd-one-for-pain/) - [A drug test hits the headlines…](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-drug-test-hits-the-headlines/) - [Advocates In Action](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/advocates-in-action/) - [Yet Another Ancient Hallucinogen, Reborn](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-ancient-hallucinogen-reborn/) - [Where is that street, anyway?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/where-is-that-street-anyway/) - [Checkpoint Challenges](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/checkpoint-challenges/) - [Ketamine users are in treatment, but…](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ketamine-users-are-in-treatment-but/) - [Managing Withdrawal from Stimulants](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/managing-withdrawal-from-stimulants/) - [Revisiting BWS](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/revisiting-bzs/) - [Europeans Drink, Too](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/europeans-drink-too/) - [Super-Meth?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/super-meth/) - [Gas Station Heroin, Again](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/gas-station-heroin-again/) - [Still Counting Drinks, Eh?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/still-counting-drinks-eh/) - [Ancestry of Alcohol](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ancestry-of-alcohol/) - [Hardcore, once more](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hardcore-once-more/) - [Adventures in Shrooming](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/adventures-in-shrooming/) - [Change, at Ground Level](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/change-at-ground-level/) - [A Bad Test Result](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-bad-test-result/) - [A Student of Psychedelics...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-student-of-psychedelics/) - [The Best Laid Plans...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-best-laid-plans/) - [Can "Smart" Drugs Make Us Dumber?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/can-smart-drugs-make-us-dumber/) - [Pot Sales on the Rez](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pot-sales-on-the-rez/) - [About those prescribed stimulants…](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/about-those-prescribed-stimulants/) - [Does Minimum Unit Pricing Work?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/does-minimum-unit-pricing-work/) - [Sad, But Also True](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/sad-but-also-true/) - [Detection Dilemma](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/detection-dilemma/) - ["It was never a problem"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/it-was-never-a-problem/) - [One County, Two Big Problems](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/one-county-two-big-problems/) - [Another wave of OD?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-wave-of-ods/) - [Special Dispensations](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/special-dispensations/) - [Autism Can Be Expensive](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/autism-can-be-expensive/) - [To Qualify for Medical Pot…](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/to-qualify-for-medical-pot/) - [You Too Can Be A VIP](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/you-too-can-be-a-vip/) - [Antidepressants under fire?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/antidepressants-under-fire/) - [Watch Out for 'Vitamin K'](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/watch-out-for-vitamin-k/) - [Stiffer sentences? Maybe try something else...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/stiffer-sentences-maybe-try-something-else/) - [Colombia Wants to Legalize Coke Worldwide](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/colombia-wants-to-legalize-coke-worldwide/) - [Ayahuasca Bros](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ayahuasca-bros/) - [The Pot Docs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-pot-docs-2/) - [How's Your Memory Working?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hows-your-memory-working/) - [Aging in Recovery](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/aging-in-recovery/) - [Conflict in Cali](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/conflict-in-cali/) - [Labels & Screening](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/labels-screening/) - [Heard of HPPD?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/heard-of-hppd/) - [Sports Gambling -- A Chip Off the Old Block](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/sports-gambling-a-chip-off-the-old-block/) - [Meds for Drinking Problems?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/meds-for-drinking-problems/) - [More folks talking recovery](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-folks-talking-recovery/) - [The Psychonaut as CEO](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-psychedelic-ceo/) - [A really good idea](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-really-good-idea/) - [Legislating Addiction](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/legislating-addiction/) - [A World on Speed](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-world-on-speed/) - [Waterbound?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/waterbound/) - [A Problem with the Evidence](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-problem-with-the-evidence/) - [Cannabis as Commerce](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-as-commerce/) - [Safer Supply?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/safer-supply/) - [Now Where?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/now-where/) - [Those Pesky Control Strategies](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/those-pesky-control-strategies/) - [Bipolar & Addicted](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/bipolar-addicted/) - [Your Move](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/your-move/) - [More on Pot in Politics](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-on-pot-in-politics/) - [Sober-ish](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/sober-ish/) - [Pouchy](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pouchy/) - [Pot & Potency (again)](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pot-potency-again/) - [Limits of Harm Reduction](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/limits-of-harm-reduction/) - [Cocaine's Comeback?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cocaines-comeback/) - [More about "The Pink Stuff"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-about-the-pink-stuff/) - [Gambling -- A Public Health Issue?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/gambling-public-health-issue/) - [Arc of the Pendulum](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/arc-of-the-pendulum/) - [A Prime Time Role for N2O](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-prime-time-role-for-n2o/) - [Revisiting CHS](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/revisiting-chs/) - [Rehab Soundbyte: Vintage Resentment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rehab-soundbyte-vintage-resentment/) - [When Addiction Is The Norm](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/when-addiction-is-the-norm/) - [Rehab Soundbyte: Everything But Abstinence](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rehab-soundbyte-everything-but-abstinence/) - [Rehab Soundbyte: Flight Delay](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rehab-soundbyte-flight-delay/) - Another short video- this one on the strange experience of those first few days in addiction detox. - [Rehab Soundbyte: Drinker's Dilemma](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rehab-soundbyte-drinkers-dilemma/) - [Rehab Soundbyte: Determined Mom](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rehab-soundbyte-determined-mom/) - [Rehab Soundbyte: Cookie Power](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rehab-soundbyte-cookie-power/) - [Video: The Art of Intervention](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/video-the-art-of-intervention/) - Why does intervention work? And how? In this 15-min video presentation Scott McMillin explains how to help an addict or alcoholic choose recovery. - [Video: Can I Help an Alcoholic Change?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/video-can-i-help-an-alcoholic-change/) - [Video: Practical Advice on Prescription Painkiller Problems](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/video-practical-advice-on-prescription-painkiller-problems/) - [Video Presentation: How to Talk so an Alcoholic Will Listen](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/video-presentation-how-to-talk-so-an-alcoholic-will-listen/) - Scott McMillin narrates this 10 min. slide show covering basic communications concepts you can use to help the addict you love on the journey to recovery. - [Drug ODs in decline at last?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drug-ods-in-decline-at-last/) - [Seven Trips to Rehab pt 2](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/seven-trips-to-rehab-pt-2/) - [7 Trips to Rehab, Part One](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/7-trips-to-rehab-part-one/) - [Warning Labels on Liquor -- Worth the Effort?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/warning-labels-on-liquor-worth-the-effort/) - [Seniors Who OD](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/seniors-who-od/) - [First Person - Xanax Dependence](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-xanax-dependence/) - [Life in a Hot Spot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/life-in-a-hot-spot/) - [Some Downward Progress](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/some-downward-progress/) - [Dear Abby](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dear-abby/) - [More Perry](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-perry/) - [Overprescribed and Overused](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/overprescribed-and-overused/) - [Gambling with TikTok](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/gambling-with-tiktok/) - [Odds & Ends from Research](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/odds-ends-from-research/) - [More Big Fakers](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-big-fakers/) - [Mean Green](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/mean-green/) - [A Change in Attitudes?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-change-in-attitudes/) - [Zyn-ers Unite!](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/zyn-ers-unite/) - [MDMA Fail](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/mdma-fail/) - [A Backwards Look at a Celebrity OD](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-backwards-look-at-a-celebrity-od/) - [The Risk Factor](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-risk-factor/) - [Another surge of "Tranq"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-surge-of-tranq/) - [That Big Pot Debate](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/that-big-pot-debate/) - [Moms and Mushrooms](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/moms-and-mushrooms/) - [A Genetic Test for SUD?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-genetic-test-for-sud/) - [Good News on the Overdose Front](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/good-news-on-the-overdose-front/) - [It's Not Magic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/its-not-magic/) - [At last a treatment for meth?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/at-last-a-treatment-for-meth/) - [A Bad Mistake](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-bad-mistake/) - [A Breakthrough in Depression Treatment?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-breakthrough-in-depression-treatment/) - [An MD takes on the DEA](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-md-takes-on-the-dea/) - [The FDA & MDMA](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-fda-mdma/) - [Another Country Tries Prohibition](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-country-tries-prohibition/) - [Establishing Credibility](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/establishing-credibility/) - [Hunter on Trial](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hunter-on-trial/) - [Edible Question](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/edible-question/) - [Update on Teletherapy](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/update-on-teletherapy/) - [Underage](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/underage/) - [Psychosis in the Age of Pot...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/psychosis-in-the-age-of-pot/) - [Gambling in the Military](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/gambling-in-the-military/) - [The Perry file, part two](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-perry-file-part-two/) - [Dazed and Confused](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dazed-and-confused/) - [The Antisocial Connection](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-antisocial-connection/) - [Pot Leading to Violence?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pot-leading-to-violence/) - [Keith Humphreys on Drug Policy](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/keith-humphreys-on-drug-policy/) - [Schedule Change](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/schedule-change/) - [1st Person - A Writer's Story](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/1st-person-a-writers-story/) - [Nauseous](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/nauseous/) - [Approving Psychedelics](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/approving-psychedelics/) - [Update on Genetics](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/update-on-genetics/) - [April 20: It's Just Not the Same](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/april-20-its-just-not-the-same/) - [Writing and Ripping](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/writing-and-ripping/) - [Are Medical Marijuana Patients Drug-Dependent?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/are-medical-marijuana-patients-drug-dependent/) - [No, Recovery Isn't Easy](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/no-recovery-isnt-easy/) - [The China Problem](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-china-problem/) - [What Is It About Abstinence?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/what-is-it-about-abstinence/) - [Pink Cocaine, it isn't](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pink-cocaine-it-isnt/) - [More Bad Medicine](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-bad-medicine/) - [Legal Cannabis: Success or Not?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/legal-cannabis-success-or-not/) - [The Bill Comes Due](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-bill-comes-due/) - [The Power of Drug Company Marketing](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-power-of-drug-company-marketing/) - [Bongs for Sale, Cheap](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/bongs-for-sale-cheap/) - [The Dementia Dilemma](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-dementia-dilemma/) - [In-Zyn-ity](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-zyn-ity/) - [Kratom, Once Again](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/kratom-once-again/) - [A Success, but with Complications](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-success-with-complications/) - [The Oregon Trials](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-oregon-trials/) - [Presidential Pill Mill?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/presidential-pill-mill/) - [Odds & Ends](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/odds-ends/) - [Why It's Hard to Quit Smoking](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/why-its-hard-to-quit-smoking/) - [Back in Court -- Pill Mill edition](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/back-in-court-pill-mill-edition/) - [The Price of Gambling](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-price-of-gambling/) - [Fatal for These Fans](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/fatal-for-these-fans/) - [Stimulants and success in treatment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/stimulants-and-success-in-treatment/) - [Another Try at a Cannabis Test](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-try-at-a-cannabis-test/) - [On the Fentanyl Front...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/on-the-fentanyl-front/) - Up to 50 times more potent than street heroin. Cheap, relatively easy to produce. It can act so fast a user ODs before help can arrive. A potent killer: fentanyl. - [The Pot Paradox](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-pot-paradox/) - [Trouble, Spanish-style](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/trouble-spanish-style/) - [1st Person -- A Greener Day](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/1st-person-a-greener-day/) - [Two Ketamine Fatalities](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ketamine-fatalities/) - [Testing...Testing](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/testing-testing/) - [School for Psychedelics](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/school-for-psychedelics/) - [Predicting CUD's Impact on Treatment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/predicting-cuds-impact-on-treatment/) - [Gas Station Heroin](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/gas-station-heroin/) - [Is there a role for cannabis in OUD Treatment?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-there-a-role-for-cannabis-in-oud-treatment/) - [Up Next -- Nitazenes](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/up-next-nitazenes/) - [A Congressman's Crusade](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-congressmans-crusade/) - [Collegiate "Drunking"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/collegiate-drunking/) - [Online: The Power of 24/7 Fellowship](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/online-the-power-of-247-fellowship/) - [Preventing Adolescent Cannabis Abuse](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/preventing-adolescent-marijuana-abuse/) - The number of teens who try marijuana is up there with the numbers for alcohol and tobacco. The prevention challenge is great, but not impossible with planning. - [Cannabis: The Addiction Question](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-the-addiction-question/) - [Sacklers Meet Supremes](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/sacklers-meet-supremes/) - [A State Considers Taxing Alcohol](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-state-considers-taxing-alcohol/) - [Why Tripping Feels Life-Changing](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/why-tripping-feels-life-changing/) - [Rehab for Pain Patients](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rehab-for-pain-patients/) - [Hempire State](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hempire-state/) - [Remember P2P? It's here](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/remember-p2p-its-here/) - [Those Sneaky Resentments](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/those-sneaky-resentments/) - [Danksgiving Baked Goods](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/danksgiving-baked-goods/) - ["...and Let God Sort 'em Out"?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/and-let-god-sort-em-out/) - The ones dying are sons, sisters, mothers, daughters, fathers, brothers. Attitudes dismissing people with addiction as "disposable" hurt families and communities. - [An Interesting Case From Virginia](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-interesting-case-from-virginia/) - [Ketamine, meet Placebo](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ketamine-meets-placebo/) - [Tools for Recovery](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/tools-for-recovery/) - Staying sober and building a stable, rewarding recovery doesn't "just happen." Once treatment for alcoholism or addiction is over, Tools for Recovery can help. - [Recovery Friendly](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/recovery-friendly/) - [A Pro Goes Public](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-pro-goes-public/) - [Politicians and the Fourth Wave](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/politicians-and-the-fourth-wave/) - [Celebs Getting Sober](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/celebs-getting-sober/) - [Anatomy of a Mushroom](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/anatomy-of-a-mushroom/) - [Matthew Perry, Large in Life](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/matthew-perry-large-as-life/) - [Be Careful Where You Work?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/be-careful-where-you-work/) - [Xylazine Update](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/xylazine-update/) - [A Deputy and a Drug Trafficker](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-deputy-and-a-drug-trafficker/) - [Are Internet disorders really addictions?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/are-internet-disorders-really-addictions/) - [Will This Make a Difference?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/will-this-make-a-difference/) - [About That Fourth Wave...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/about-that-fourth-wave/) - [Thieves of Hope](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/thieves-of-hope/) - [Dr. Wen on Psychedelics](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dr-wen-on-psychedelics/) - [Whose Life is it, Anyway?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/whose-life-is-it-anyway/) - Free family curriculum for substance abuse treatment programs. Providing family education and involvement can increase clients' chances of success in recovery - [A Comical Convocation](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-comical-convocation/) - [Crossing the Border for Pot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/crossing-the-border-for-pot/) - [Flooded with Fakes](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/flooded-with-fakes/) - [CUD -- How Severe is Severe?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cud-how-severe-is-severe/) - [About Benzo Withdrawal](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/about-benzo-withdrawal/) - [Psychedelics on the Hype Express](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/psychedelics-on-the-hype-express/) - [A Revolutionary Plan](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-revolutionary-plan/) - [Narcan in Da House](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/narcan-in-da-house/) - [Crisis Management Cheat Sheet](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/crisis-management-cheat-sheet/) - This one-page .pdf covers basic techniques of relating to someone who happens to be in crisis, de-escalating and coping without restraint or seclusion. - [Physician or Vending Machine?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/physician-or-vending-machine/) - [The Story Hasn't Ended](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-story-hasnt-ended/) - [A Bewildering Mix](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-bewildering-mix/) - [Overdose by touch?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/overdose-by-touch/) - [Safe Injection in the Big Apple](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/safe-injection-in-the-big-apple/) - [Revisiting Psychedelics as Medicine](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/revisiting-psychedelics-as-medicine/) - [Models of Addiction: The Medical Model](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/models-of-addiction-the-medical-model/) - Medical professionals have dealt with addiction and alcoholism all along. But a classic medical model based on short-term care for acute illness has limitations. - [A Parable of Addiction from Deep Space](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-parable-of-addiction-from-deep-space/) - [Behold the Nicotine Pouch](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/behold-the-nicotine-pouch/) - [AA and the Atheist](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/aa-and-the-atheist/) - [A Death Due to Kratom](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-death-due-to-kratom/) - [Exercising for Chronic Pain Relief](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/exercising-for-chronic-pain-relief/) - [A Pain in the Neck (and lower back)](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-pain-in-the-neck-and-lower-back/) - [An Athlete Died](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-athlete-died/) - [Youth Vaping Makes A Comeback](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/youth-vaping-makes-a-comeback/) - [A New Drug to Treat CUD?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-new-drug-to-treat-cud/) - [A Victory that Wasn't](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-victory-that-wasnt/) - [Things Fall Apart](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/things-fall-apart/) - [Hunter Biden, Hunter Biden!](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hunter-biden-hunter-biden/) - [Captagon revisited](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/captagon-revisited/) - [Russians Love Their Vodka](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/russians-love-their-vodka/) - [Too Much Ganja](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/too-much-ganja/) - [Pot and Pregnancy](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pot-and-pregnancy/) - [Mushrooming Athletes](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/mushrooming-athletes/) - [Extreme Intox](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/extreme-intox/) - [Yes, cannabis use goes up when it's legal](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/yes-cannabis-use-goes-up-when-its-legal/) - [About Ketamine for Depression](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/about-ketamine-for-depression/) - [How Alcohol Research Gets It Wrong](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/how-alcohol-research-gets-it-wrong/) - [About that Adderall shortage](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/about-that-adderall-shortage/) - [Weed and Sleep](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/weed-and-sleep/) - [How Kratom Use Became Widespread](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/how-kratom-use-became-widespread/) - [Kratom - The Energy Boost?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/kratom-the-energy-boost/) - [He Took Bribes](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/he-took-bribes/) - [Ketamine kerfuffle](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ketamine-kerfuffle/) - [Ayahuasca on the Brain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ayahuasca-on-the-brain/) - [In The House of Shrooms](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-house-of-shrooms/) - [Accidents Happen](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/accidents-happen/) - [Confrontation](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/confrontation/) - Therapy models can avoid confrontation, or use it. Clinicians often have a preference for one approach, but is either clearly superior? Is there a "best" method? - [What color is your fentanyl?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/what-color-is-your-fentanyl/) - [Tranq'in](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/tranqin/) - [Jazzed on GHB](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/all-jazzed-on-ghb/) - [Borg Invasion](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/borg-invasion/) - [Counseling Skills Toolkit](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/counseling-skills/) - [Dangerously Close to Relapse](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dangerously-close-to-relapse/) - [Mad About Methadone](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/mad-about-methadone/) - [Is .05 the Sweet Spot?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-05-the-sweet-spot/) - [A Death in Rehab](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-death-in-rehab/) - [ODs in NYC](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ods-in-nyc/) - [Harm Reduction x3](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/harm-reduction-x3/) - [In the Wilderness](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-wilderness/) - [When ketamine isn't the cure...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/when-ketamine-isnt-the-cure/) - [The Professional as Target: Being Manipulated](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-professional-as-target-being-manipulated/) - [Sustain the Gain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/sustain-the-gain/) - A simple workbook for residential substance abuse rehab programs to help clients build relapse avoidance skills. Helps clients prepare for post-treatment life. - [Self-Diagnosis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/self-diagnosis/) - [Death Letter](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/death-letter/) - [Dr. Friedman on the Brain & Pot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dr-friedman-on-the-brain-pot/) - [Flavor Flav's New Flavor](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/flavor-flavs-new-flavor/) - [Seven Tips for Getting Started Right With AA](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/seven-tips-for-getting-started-right-with-aa/) - Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other recovery support fellowships are powerful tools for maintaining sobriety. But they're not always easy for newcomers to 'get.' - [Pot and the NFL Draft](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pot-and-the-nfl-draft/) - When a high-functioning addict or alcoholic's continued performance benefits others, they may be able to escape discovery and consequences longer. And stay sick. - [Update on Pot & Pain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/update-on-pot-pain/) - [Quit Lit](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/quit-lit/) - [That Alcohol Report from Canada](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/that-alcohol-report-from-canada/) - [Who Controls Commercial Cannabis?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/who-controls-commercial-cannabis/) - [A Spike in Drinking](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-spike-in-drinking/) - [Now what do we do about fentanyl?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/now-what-do-we-do-about-fentanyl/) - [Marketing Addiction](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/marketing-addiction/) - [Pot Prices Plummet](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pot-prices-plummet/) - [Rational Debate About Legalization?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rational-debate-about-legalization/) - [Another Actor Talks Recovery](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-actor-talks-recovery/) - [A Surprising Connection](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-surprising-connection/) - [Why Is The Black Market Booming?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/why-is-the-black-market-booming/) - [Placebo, Pot, and Pain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/placebo-pot-and-pain/) - [Peyote Blues](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/peyote-blues/) - [Risky Business at Juul](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/risky-business-at-juul/) - [Two Stories, Different Endings](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/two-stories-different-endings/) - [Veteran Advice](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/veteran-advice/) - [Substance Deaths Up Among Seniors](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/substance-deaths-up-among-seniors/) - [Colleges Get Into Gambling](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/colleges-get-into-gambling/) - [Relapse Traps Inventory](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/relapse-traps-inventory/) - This brief checklist helps addiction treatment clients identify problems likely to challenge their sobriety, and plan responses to reduce the chance of relapse. - [A Possible Breakthrough involving Fentanyl](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-possible-breakthrough-for-fentanyl/) - [SUDs Have A Long Tail](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/suds-have-a-long-tail/) - [CDC Releases New Opioid Guidelines](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cdc-releases-new-opioid-guidelines/) - [Stop Licking Those Toads, People](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/stop-licking-those-toads-people/) - [D8: A Backwards Look](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/d8-a-backwards-look/) - [Quick Update-- Opioids & Something New](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/quick-update-opioids-something-new/) - [Some Good Advice](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/some-good-advice/) - [Psychedelica Update: Who Invests?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/psychedelica-update-who-invests/) - [Movies About Alcoholism](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/movies-about-alcoholism/) - With long nights, and holidays ahead, a movie binge might be fun. If you work in, or live with, the world of addiction and recovery, there's lots to choose from. - [The Rescuer's Plight: Avoiding the Enabling Trap](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-rescuers-plight-avoiding-the-enabling-trap/) - Someone we love is troubled- our impulse is to rescue, especially if it's our child. How can you help without enabling- which makes things worse in the long run? - [Those Alcohol Death Statistics...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/those-alcohol-death-statistics/) - [THC, Mental Illness, & Addiction](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/thc-mental-illness-addiction/) - [DSM5 - The Great Debaters](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dsm5-the-great-debaters/) - The American Psychiatric Association's new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is stirring controversy among professionals. - [Chasing the Rainbow (Fentanyl)](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/chasing-the-rainbow-fentanyl/) - [Nurses Stealing Drugs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/nurses-stealing-drugs/) - [Getting Treatment: Who Decides?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/getting-treatment-who-decides/) - [MDs Confronting SUDs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/mds-confronting-suds/) - [First Person: A "Friends" Story](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-a-friends-story/) - [Warning Labels on Alcohol -- Are They Worth It?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/warning-labels-on-alcohol-are-they-worth-it/) - [In The News: Apathy and Pot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-apathy-and-pot/) - [Borderline, Revisited](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/borderline-revisited/) - [Lessons Learned-- Again](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/lessons-learned-again/) - [Ketamine and The Hype Around It](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ketamine-and-the-hype-around-it/) - [AA vs Some Online Resources](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/aa-vs-some-online-resources/) - [An Overdose In LA](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-overdose-in-la/) - [The Opioid Epidemic - What Comes Now?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-opioid-epidemic-what-comes-now/) - [Look Out for Nos](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/look-out-for-nos/) - [What About Safe Injection Sites?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/what-about-safe-injection-sites/) - [Vaping for Good Health?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/vaping-for-good-health/) - [A Weird Tale of Politics & Pot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-weird-tale-of-politics-pot/) - [Has Drunk Driving Changed?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/has-drunk-driving-changed/) - [In the News: Do Safe Injection Sites Work?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-do-safe-injection-sites-work/) - To answer "does it work?" requires knowing what "work" means. Harm reduction sets goals, but they don't always relate to changes for the better for an individual. - [Drinking Problem, or Problem with Drinking?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drinking-problem-or-problem-with-drinking/) - [Walgreens Rides Alone](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/walgreens-rides-alone/) - [Pro Football Hero Goes Psychedelic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pro-football-hero-goes-psychedelic/) - [Legal Drug Blues](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/legal-drug-blues/) - [Psychedelia](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/psychedelia/) - Researchers are finding specific contexts where hallucinogen use may have therapeutic value- such as end-of-life depression. But 'street use' isn't about research. - [High Potency THC – an update](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/high-potency-thc-an-update/) - [The Old Normal](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-old-normal/) - [The Natural History of Recovery - Cannabis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-natural-history-of-recovery-cannabis/) - [A Problem In Prescribing — Part 2](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-problem-in-prescribing-part-2/) - [The Senate Finally Has A Weed Bill](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-senate-finally-has-a-weed-bill/) - [Supplements for Depression & Anxiety](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/supplements-for-depression-anxiety/) - [Their Empire Strikes Back](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/their-empire-strikes-back/) - [Fentanyl Sneaks In](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/fentanyl-sneaks-in/) - [A Problem in Prescribing?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-problem-in-prescribing/) - [A Consultant's Story](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-consultants-story/) - [A Last Link in the Chain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-last-link-in-the-chain/) - [What Makes An Effective Therapist?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/what-makes-an-effective-therapist/) - [When Doctors Disinform](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/when-doctors-disinform/) - [The Juul Ban](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-juul-ban/) - [A Bad Outcome-- and Avoidable](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-bad-outcome-and-avoidable/) - [No More Nicotine?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/no-more-nicotine/) - [An Awful Withdrawal](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-awful-withdrawal/) - [Pain Wars](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pain-wars/) - [It Sure Sounds Like Hazing](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/it-sure-sounds-like-hazing/) - [New CDC Guidelines, & Thoughts on the Opioid Epidemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/new-cdc-guidelines-thoughts-on-the-opioid-epidemic/) - [Is Cannabis Effective for OUD?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-cannabis-effective-for-oud/) - [Is Treatment via Telehealth Effective?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/does-telehealth-work-in-treatment/) - [Don't Panic!](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dont-panic/) - [Pot for PTSD - Does It Help?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pot-for-ptsd-does-it-help/) - [Toke-lahoma & The Wilds of NYC](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/toke-lahoma-the-wilds-of-nyc/) - [The Meth Mess - Oman coming](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-meth-mess-oman-coming/) - [The FDA Looks at D8](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-fda-looks-at-d8/) - [The Meth Mess - P2P](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-meth-mess-p2p/) - [The New Stoners](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-new-stoners/) - [An Edible Industry](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-edible-industry/) - [A Tribe Deals with Addiction](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-tribe-deals-with-addiction/) - [Another Look: Big Pharma & the Opioids](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-look-big-pharma-the-opioids/) - ["You're Too Drive to High"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/youre-too-drive-to-high/) - [Senior Day](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/senior-day/) - [HALT-ing Relapse Before it Starts](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/halt-ing-relapse-before-it-starts/) - Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired- understanding the physiology of "feelings" can help avoid relapse if you're in recovery from addiction. This article explains how. - [QiGong for Addiction?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/qigong-for-addiction/) - [Better Living Thru Chemistry](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/better-living-thru-chemistry/) - [Toad Hall Reopens](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/toad-hall-reopens/) - [An Insider's Take on Gambling Promotion](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-insiders-take-on-gambling-promotion/) - [Another Look at Gabapentin](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-look-at-gabapentin/) - [Most Addiction Specialists Support Psychedelics for SUDs?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/most-addiction-specialists-support-psychedelics-for-suds/) - [Not Much Drinking Required](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/not-much-drinking-required/) - [Tracking the OD Epidemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/tracking-the-od-epidemic/) - [Ketamine for AUD?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/ketamine-for-aud/) - [Gabapentin](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/gabapentin/) - Health professionals want to relieve symptoms and alleviate discomfort. But people in early recovery have lots of each, and medication isn't always the best answer. - [TMS for alcoholism?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/tms-for-alcoholism/) - [The Meaning of Trauma](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-meaning-of-trauma/) - [What Do Opioid Settlements Mean for Treatment?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/what-do-opioid-settlements-mean-for-treatment/) - [Opioid Epidemic: The Never-ending Story](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/opioid-epidemic-the-never-ending-story/) - [Kids Will Eat Weed](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/kids-will-eat-weed/) - [Pot Doesn't Help Us Sleep](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pot-doesnt-help-us-sleep/) - [How Sports Betting Could Affect Addiction Treatment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/how-sports-betting-could-affect-addiction-treatment/) - [Happy in Rehab](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/happy-in-rehab/) - [Hospital Consults -- Are They Worth It?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hospital-consults-are-they-worth-it/) - [Another Approach to Pain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-approach-to-pain/) - [Back to Blackouts](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/back-to-blackouts/) - [A Challenge from Fentanyl](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-challenge-from-fentanyl/) - [On the Oregon Trail, cannabis-style](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/on-the-oregon-trail-cannabis-style/) - [MAT for Meth?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/mat-for-meth/) - [Moms and Daughters](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/moms-and-daughters/) - [Pill Mills Face Punishment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pill-mills-face-punishment/) - [Recovery is More Common Than We Suspect](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/recovery-is-more-common-than-we-suspect/) - [Gambling Enters a New Era](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/gambling-enters-a-new-era/) - [One study went viral, the other did not](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/one-study-went-viral-the-other-did-not/) - [Inexplicably Drunk](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/inexplicably-drunk/) - [Living with a Label](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/living-with-a-label/) - [Five Reasons to Hate AA](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/five-reasons-to-hate-aa/) - [Fentanyl on Social Media](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/fentanyl-on-social-media/) - [Curious about Sobriety](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/curious-about-sobriety/) - [A Setback Followed by A Victory](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-setback-followed-by-a-victory/) - [Getting Sober. And Not Getting Sober.](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/getting-sober-and-not-getting-sober/) - [Getting Sober. And Not Getting Sober.](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/getting-sober-and-not-getting-sober/) - [Drugs in Jail](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drugs-in-jail/) - [The Politics of Painkillers](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-politics-of-painkillers/) - Physicians are key to both controlling the opioid painkiller epidemic and helping addicts recover. But they don't necessarily work well as part of a political team. - [Who's to Blame?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/whos-to-blame/) - The recurring factor in drug epidemics is human nature: "If it can be done, it will be done." Can policymakers, legal systems or law enforcement alter human nature? - [In the News (again... still...): Pill Mills](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-again-still-pill-mills/) - States are doing their best to crack down on 'pill mills,' but it's easy for 'Doctor Feelgoods' to find new and profitable business models supplying the demand. - [NarCan't?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/narcant/) - The opioid epidemic isn't bad news for everyone. With thousands of lives destroyed and a tragic mortality rate, pharmaceutical companies and execs are doing great. - [In the News: Sex Addiction Again...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-sex-addiction-again/) - A lot of time, pixels and ink are wasted on the discussion of "is sex addiction a thing?" But so far, we can't even agree on a definitive definition of "addiction". - [The Empire Strikes Back](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-empire-strikes-back/) - With the U.S. Justice Department supporting lawsuits against makers of addictive opioid painkillers, it was only a matter of time before Big Pharma counterattacked. - [Opioid Settlements?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/opioid-settlements/) - Logically, settlements from opioid-related lawsuits should go to reducing the impact of #opioid #addiction and preventing more. But will they? Learn from experience. - [The Study of Pain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-study-of-pain/) - When painkillers- tools vital to medicine- harm as well as heal, knowing more about how pain works is vital to balancing the results. Research is starting to help. - [Perp or Victim?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/perp-or-victim/) - Makers and marketers of highly addictive prescription opioids are advancing the argument that it's not their marketers, but the addicted users who are to blame. - [Another Day, Another Opioid Lawsuit](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-day-another-opioid-lawsuit/) - Given all the news about opioid lawsuits and the sleazy pharma practices behind the deadly epidemic, don't we know it all? Not even close. More will be revealed. - ["Stay Tuned"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/stay-tuned/) - Assigning legal responsibility for the opioid epidemic is difficult. Courts are at work looking to direct responsible parties' money into the fixing the problem. - [Cheaters Do Get Caught...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cheaters-do-get-caught/) - Big pharma corporations that brought us the #opioid epidemic are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel- and it's an oncoming train of costly lawsuits. - [Truth Comes Out](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/truth-comes-out/) - In the world of professional sport, addiction risk is everywhere, from performance enhancement to dealing with the pain of a body battered by years of hard playing. - [Rogue Pharmacies](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rogue-pharmacies/) - Big pharmacy chains supposedly have advanced quality control systems to limit legal liability and ensure responsible dispensing practice. Just not with #opioids. - [Is it Just Capitalism?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-it-just-capitalism/) - When someone's going to make a profit- a big profit- from you using an addictive substance, it's your decision to use it. But they'll make it awfully easy for you. - [Unchained](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/unchained/) - Pharmacy school teaches them to be meticulous, careful, and ethical. Appropriate, given the possible risks. Then they graduate, and get hired by pharmacy chains. - [Purdue Pleads](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/purdue-pleads/) - The proposed Purdue settlement sounds impressive. But will it actually hold anyone accountable? Will it be paid? The answers to these questions are not encouraging. - [Walmart's Pre-emptive Strike](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/walmarts-pre-emptive-strike/) - Being held accountable for thousands of #opioid OD deaths and uncountable pain? That might interfere with profitability! Walmart can't have that. Strike first. - [Settling Up: The Opioid Lawsuits](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/settling-up-the-opioid-lawsuits/) - [The FDA in Two Acts](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-fda-in-two-acts/) - [Cleaning Up the Mess](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cleaning-up-the-mess/) - [Sad Sacklers](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/sad-sacklers/) - [Drugstore Drama](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drugstore-drama/) - [Setback in California?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/setback-in-california/) - [Australians Get Drunk A Lot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/australians-get-drunk-a-lot/) - [You mean Prohibition wasn’t all bad?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/you-mean-prohibition-wasnt-all-bad/) - [A Problem for Intervention](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-problem-for-intervention/) - [Mike Tyson Goes Psychedelic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/mike-tyson-goes-psychedelic/) - [About Cannabis and Pregnancy](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/about-cannabis-and-pregnancy/) - [Boosting Ketamine](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/boosting-ketamine/) - [Does Vaping Help People Quit Smoking?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/does-vaping-help-people-quit-smoking/) - [The BPD Question](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-bpd-question/) - [The Worst DUI Ever?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-worst-dui-ever/) - [Public vs Personal](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/public-vs-personal/) - [That Vaping Thing](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/that-vaping-thing/) - [Other Paths to Legal Pot?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/other-paths-to-legal-pot/) - [That Cannabis Study](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/that-cannabis-study/) - [More Research on Cannabis Withdrawal](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-research-on-cannabis-withdrawal/) - [Tough Love](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/tough-love/) - [When the Grieving Doesn't End](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/when-the-grieving-doesnt-end/) - [Fake Pills Redux](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/fake-pills-redux/) - [Methamphetamine Rising](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/methamphetamine-rising/) - [More Weird Cannabis Stories](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-weird-cannabis-stories/) - [Treatment & the Fellowships](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/treatment-the-fellowships/) - [A Lesson from Manila](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-lesson-from-manila/) - [1st Person -- A Grateful Survivor](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/1st-person-a-grateful-survivor/) - ["Omar coming"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/omar-coming/) - [Competition for the Booze Dollar](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/competition-for-the-booze-dollar/) - [Fatal OD, Unintended OD](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/fatal-od-unintended-od/) - [In the News: Polypharmacy and Tom Petty](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-polypharmacy-and-tom-petty/) - Rock n' roll celebrity Tom Petty was the victim of problems we've been dealing with longer than the opioid epidemic: Polypharmacy and poor prescription managment. - [Cannabis and the Political Class](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-and-the-political-class/) - Lawmakers in Washington seem to be coming to terms with the reality of cannabis legalization. Will they use Federal resources to support research and ensure safety? - [The Dilemma of Reactance](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-dilemma-of-reactance/) - [Fellowship in Action](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/fellowship-in-action/) - [The Nicotine-Pot Connection](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-nicotine-pot-connection/) - [It's Back - GHB](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/its-back-ghb/) - [Freakout!](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/freakout/) - [Augmented Emotion](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/augmented-emotion/) - [Overdose Madness](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/overdose-madness/) - [The Quality of Sobriety](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-quality-of-sobriety/) - [Overdose by Skin Contact?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/overdose-by-contact-alone/) - [Alcohol and Cancer: Who Knew?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/alcohol-and-cancer-who-knew/) - [Self-Disclosing](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/self-disclosing/) - [Doctors and Alcohol Disorders](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/doctors-and-alcohol-disorders/) - [Cannabis and Crime](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-and-crime/) - [The Caffeine Conundrum](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-caffeine-conundrum/) - [Going Forward](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/going-forward/) - [Misinformation can be pandemic too](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/misinformation-can-be-pandemic-too/) - [More Testing Blues](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-testing-blues/) - [A Chronic Case](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-chronic-case/) - [Those Cannabis Concentrates](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/those-cannabis-concentrates/) - [A Different Kind of Hangover](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-different-kind-of-hangover/) - [Drug Testing Blues](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drug-testing-blues/) - The number of jobs that require employees to be drug free is increasing rapidly. So is recreational substance use. Any surprise 'beating the tests' is now a thing? - [Drug Testing](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drug-testing/) - Programs that rely on drug testing can devolve into an endless cat-and-mouse contest. Building trust with clients can help clinicians circumvent the gamesmanship. - [An Update on Needle Exchange](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-update-on-needle-exchange/) - [Revisiting D8](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/revisiting-d8/) - [A Surgical Treatment for Addiction?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-surgical-treatment-for-addiction/) - [Trauma and EMDR](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/trauma-and-emdr/) - [A Time for New Ideas](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-time-for-new-ideas/) - [A Bad Night in Minneapolis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-bad-night-in-minneapolis/) - [The Big Cutdown](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-big-cutdown/) - [Death of a True Believer](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/death-of-a-true-believer/) - [The Opioid Trials Continue](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-opioid-trials-continue/) - [A Question of Content](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-question-of-content/) - [Placebo Power](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/placebo-power/) - [How Potent is Your Pot?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/how-potent-is-your-pot/) - [An Update on Business Ethics](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-update-on-business-ethics/) - [Drinking in the Pandemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drinking-in-the-pandemic/) - [Too Much Success?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/too-much-success/) - [Good Advice?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/good-advice/) - [First Person - Mystery Solved](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-mystery-solved/) - [Canadian Cannabusiness](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/canadian-cannabusiness/) - [A World of Recovery Podcasting](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-world-of-recovery-podcasting/) - [Opioids in the News! ...Again](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/opiods-in-the-news-again/) - [Cannabis and The Age of First Use](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-and-the-age-of-first-use/) - [Second Hand Pot Smoke](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/second-hand-pot-smoke/) - [Eight Ways to Drive Yourself Nuts](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/eight-ways-to-drive-yourself-nuts/) - [First Person - Music Blues](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-music-blues/) - [That Minneapolis Case](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/that-minneapolis-case/) - [It's About Equality](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/its-about-equality/) - [The Pot Debate, Summarized](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-pot-debate-summarized/) - [Cured? Don't Count on It](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cured-dont-count-on-it/) - [Sex Addiction & the Atlanta Murders](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/sex-addiction-the-atlanta-murders/) - [Cruel or Fair?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cruel-or-fair/) - [First Person - Ambivalence](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-ambivalence/) - [Cannabis Coalition](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-coalition/) - [Introduction to Intervention: You Can Do It](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/introduction-to-intervention-you-can-do-it/) - Series of short articles on the mechanism of intervention for addiction or alcoholism- including why it works, and how to implement the basic principles yourself. - [If You're Really Recovering, Why Do You Need AA?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/if-youre-really-recovering-why-do-you-need-aa/) - [The Drug Epidemic to Come](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-drug-epidemic-to-come/) - [Those Sneaky Conspiracy Theories](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/those-sneaky-conspiracy-theories/) - [Delta 8 THC: Super-legal Cannabis?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/delta-8-thc-super-legal-cannabis/) - [Prescription for Violence](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/prescription-for-violence/) - [Another Research Roundup](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-research-roundup/) - [Rehab Shopping: Who Gets What?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rehab-shopping-who-gets-what/) - [The Edible Complex](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-edible-complex/) - [The Oregon Experiment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-oregon-experiment/) - [Stigmatized](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/stigmatized/) - [More on Cannabis in Treatment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-on-cannabis-in-treatment/) - [How Conspiracy Theories Work](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/how-conspiracy-theories-work/) - [Illini Weed](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/illini-weed/) - [First Person: A Relapse Avoided](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-a-relapse-avoided/) - [What About "Controlled" Heroin?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/what-about-controlled-heroin/) - [Unplugging From the Chaos](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/unplugging-from-the-chaos/) - Unhelpful ways of spending time abound for people in #recovery. Being connected 24 hours a day may get compulsive and stressful, but giving it up is painfully hard. - [A Controlled(?) Drinking Story](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/controlled-drinking-story/) - [Epidemic in a Pandemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/epidemic-in-a-pandemic/) - [Depression in a Pandemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/depression-in-a-pandemic/) - [A Simple(?) Case of Drunk Driving...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-simple-case-of-drunk-driving/) - [Cannabis and Corruption](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-and-corruption/) - [DUI During a Pandemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dui-during-a-pandemic/) - [Corruption and Public Health](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/corruption-and-public-health/) - [The Return of Methamphetamine](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-return-of-methamphetamine/) - It never really went away, but #methamphetamine abuse is on the rise again in a big way. So are the associated problems for treatment facilities- and communities. - [About Fentanyl...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/about-fentanyl/) - It's powerful, it's portable, it's profitable. It was inevitable that big drug cartels would move into the #fentanyl business and take over from Chinese mail-order. - [An Unwelcome Consequence](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/an-unwelcome-consequence/) - It's a rare consequence of long-term alcohol addiction, but a scary one. Stay alert when someone with active alcoholism stops eating. #WKS can cause permanent damage. - [Grievance and Resentment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/grievance-and-resentment/) - Grievance, resentment, and meeting everything strange with a confrontational attitude can be hard patterns to overcome in #addiction #recovery . Counselors can help. - [Boozy Holidays](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/boozy-holidays/) - Yes, people really do drink more over the holidays. It's a challenge for people in #recovery, and families with loved ones in active addiction. Preparation can help. - [The Future of CUD? Part 2](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-future-of-cud-part-2/) - Rehab clients often firmly believe #cannabis is "harmless" they don't see it as a problem. Clinicians should be ready with education and solid recovery information. - [The Pill Pusher's Tale](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-pill-pushers-tale/) - When government doesn't have the capacity or the will to protect public health, corruption makes the most of it. Why shouldn't doctors get on the gravy train, too? - [The Future of CUD? Part One](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-future-of-cud-part-one/) - Around 10% of regular #cannabis users will fit the diagnosis of Cannabis Use Disorder (#CUD). Most will be deep in denial about it. Can we treat them effectively? - [Worse Than We Thought](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/worse-than-we-thought/) - We already knew that #BigPharma puts profits ahead of public health, but this story shows the rot spread further as business consultants jettisoned ethics for cash. - [More on Incentives](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-on-incentives/) - Research seems to indicate offering incentives can be a useful addiction treatment strategy. But many rehab programs are reluctant to try them for various reasons. - [Signs of Change](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/signs-of-change/) - Awareness- and acceptance- of the disease model of #addiction is slowly spreading among health professionals, after years of advocacy and research, bringing hope. - [Native Cannabis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/native-cannabis/) - Issues of sovereignty may complicate the Navajo nation's struggle to deal with illicit cannabis production on land traditionally used to grow corn for ceremonies. - [Maradona's Last Chance?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/maradonas-last-chance/) - Physicians can become part of the problem even when trying to help, if they are willing to 'turn a blind eye' or otherwise enable the patient's drinking or using. - [Protected](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/protected/) - They think they're helping. Or they're just avoiding trouble. But workplace enablers allow colleagues with #addiction to stay sick- and even helping them get worse. - [Family Inventory: Priorities and Values](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/family-inventory-priorities-and-values/) - A 1-page checklist tool to help addiction treatment clients identify areas of strength and potential problems in family relationships for work during treatment. - [Undercounting-- Again](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/undercounting-again/) - It's difficult to create an effective strategy to address public health threats without accurate information. Calculating mortality during an epidemic is an example. - [Government and Opioids](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/government-and-opioids/) - Politicians have short attention spans. A problem like the #opioid epidemic, that re-invents itself over and over, keeps getting swept aside for today's new crisis. - [White Collar Addiction and Relapse](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/white-collar-addiction-and-relapse/) - "White collar" jobs carry plenty of stress to provide people in #recovery from #addiction with #relapse triggers. Isolation during a global pandemic ups the ante. - [The Sociopath and Self-Disclosure](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-sociopath-and-self-disclosure/) - The #DSM calls it "Anti-Social Personality Disorder": #sociopathy may be a co-occurring condition with #addiction or #alcoholism. Smart clinicians are alert for it. - [Heavy Drinking vs Alcoholism](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/heavy-drinking-vs-alcoholism/) - There are heavy drinkers who may not have alcohol use disorder (#AUD) and people with AUD aren't always "heavy drinkers". The explanation may lie in the genome. - [Do Incentives Work?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/do-incentives-work-2/) - Incentives are often suggested for improving attendance and motivating clients in #addiction treatment programs. But do they work? The definitive answer is "Maybe". - [Cannabis as a Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-as-a-treatment-for-opioid-use-disorder-oud/) - Researchers are beginning to investigate claims that medical #cannabis can help treat #opioid #addiction. So far, no evidence has emerged to support the claims. - [Labeling Benzos](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/labeling-benzos/) - In spite of claims that they are unlikely to trigger #addiction or cause harm, #benzodiazepines are often implicated in overdoses and substance abuse. Time to act. - [He's Outta There...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hes-outta-there/) - They might need to be in acute care, but people with #alcoholism or #addiction are often prone to leaving "AMA" (against medical advice). (No booze in hospitals!) - [First Person: A Change Has Come](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-a-change-has-come/) - The disease of #addiction has many signs and symptoms. One consistent symptom that shows up in very inconsistent ways from person to person is a loss of control. - [Voting on National Cannabis Legalization](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/voting-on-national-cannabis-legalization/) - What are key decision factors in legalizing cannabis? Less likely to be public health or citizen well-being than tax revenue and local governments' bottom line. - [First Person: Crash and Burn](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-crash-and-burn/) - #Alcoholism and #addiction are complicated forms of disease. Is it any wonder that successful treatment is complicated, too? And there are many paths of #recovery? - [Distorting Reality](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/distorting-reality/) - One of the most disconcerting symptoms of #addiction is the distorted reality produced in the addicted person's brain. And we're seeing it everywhere these days. - [Vaping Reaches the Big Time](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/vaping-reaches-the-big-time/) - Those who sense the possible risks and dangers may have quit, or been deterred. Are the young people still vaping at serious risk of dangerous nicotine addiction? - [Afloat in a Sea of BS](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/afloat-in-a-sea-of-bs/) - Bad information is far more common than reliable information. How did we end up in a sea of BS? "New School" BS-ers use "mathy" or "sciencey" trappings to deceive. - [Psychedelics in Psychotherapy](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/psychedelics-in-psychotherapy/) - Therapies for mental illness range from well-researched pharmaceuticals to experimental ideas with little scientific basis- but they all involve bias and belief. - [Excited Delirium? Ketamine on the Street](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/excited-delirium-ketamine-on-the-street/) - Using this powerful short-acting sedative may look easy, but it can be far from harmless as a tool for first responders. #Ketamine may not be an appropriate tool. - [Purdue Update](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/purdue-update/) - The death toll rivals coronavirus. Will those with major responsibility for the prescription #opioid epidemic ever experience any consequences for this costly mess? - [Really Hardcore](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/really-hardcore/) - [Wellness Again](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/wellness-again/) - There's nothing wrong with trying to stay healthy and increase your wellbeing. But is a scam-ridden, for-profit "wellness" industry taking you for a ride? - [Teletreatment Update](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/teletreatment-update/) - [Medicaid Expands - Finally](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/medicaid-expands-finally/) - Voters expanding #Medicaid may be motivated by anxiety about coronavirus epidemic, but the strategy is also resulting in productive action on the #opioid epidemic. - [Pot is Hot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pot-is-hot/) - It's not replacing alcohol in the 'how people deal with anxiety and isolation' department. #Cannabis is just adding another method- and more future cases of #CUD. - [Tobacco Cessation Workbook](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/tobacco-cessation-workbook/) - Does your substance abuse treatment program wish to provide smoking cessation services to your clients? This free workbook provides an effective 10-step program. - [Police Story, Part Two](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/police-story-part-two/) - Training may help the interface between #police and people with #addiction but to work, it will also require difficult "UN-training" of attitudes and old beliefs. - [Police Story, Part One](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/police-story-part-one/) - No other disease has such an intimate relationship with the criminal justice system. People with addiction often get a close-up view of policing- and its problems. - [The Defiant Ones](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-defiant-ones/) - Defiance is a classic example of a trait with a useful purpose turned to destructive results when addiction or alcoholism is present. Even the defiant one suffers. - [Contrast Point](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/contrast-point/) - Families grieving the death of a loved one to prescription painkiller overdose might not see the "justice" behind these drug peddlers' legal liability settlement. - [A Case of Anxiety](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-case-of-anxiety/) - Chronic #anxiety makes the kind of letting go needed for #recovery almost impossible. But sometimes what might otherwise make it worse has a paradoxical effect. - [Glamour Grotesque](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/glamour-grotesque/) - The disease of #alcoholism has created its own subculture- one that fascinates even as it repels people who don't understand the "why" of drinking to destruction. - [Rehashing: Medical Cannabis in Treatment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rehashing-medical-cannabis-in-treatment/) - #Addiction treatment programs are struggling with another new challenge: Create a helpful policy to deal with clients who have medical #cannabis prescriptions. - [Masked](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/masked/) - If you've ever dealt with someone in active #alcoholism or #addiction, people who won't take a simple health precaution like wearing a mask may seem eerily familiar. - [Who's Dropping Acid](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/whos-dropping-acid/) - Research in a controlled setting isn't the problem. But media coverage and availability is fueling an increase in #hallucinogen use without the controlled setting. - [Another "Resurgence"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-resurgence/) - As we're painfully learning with coronavirus, once a crisis like overdose is dealt with, the next crisis is inevitable without treatment of the underlying problem. - [Chronic Relapse and Secondary Gain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/chronic-relapse-and-secondary-gain/) - Chronic 'hard core' #relapse to active #addiction may have surprising roots- an unspoken emotional or psychological advantage. Identify and address it in treatment. - [Perilous Prosecution](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/perilous-prosecution/) - Ethical pharmacists don't want to do harm. But if they work for a big, profit-motivated corporation, it may be their job. Hey, at least they won't get prosecuted. - [Drugs and Policing](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drugs-and-policing/) - Reactions- and overreactions- to waves of illicit drug use have helped shape a lot of bad law enforcement policy. Criminalizing #addiction prevents better policies. - [Co-Occurring Disorders Workbook](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/co-occurring-disorders-workbook/) - [Recent Events Roundup](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/recent-events-roundup/) - #Addiction and treatment don't go away when other issues grab the headlines. In fact, they're often a less-sensational part of the other attention-getting stories. - [Life and Breath](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/life-and-breath/) - There's a reason choke holds and neck restraints are banned in hospital psych units and care facilities dealing with potentially disoriented or violent clients. - [The "Hardcore" Relapser](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-hardcore-relapser/) - #Relapse to drinking or using isn't always accidental. For some chronic relapsers, it's getting them what they want. Clinicians can identify and interrupt this cycle. - [The BS Factor](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-bs-factor/) - Everybody wants to use the data for something. If that something isn't "create a better understanding based on accurate facts and replicable science, better beware. - [Medical Relapse Trap](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/medical-relapse-trap/) - Even smart, caring physicians don't always realize the difference between harm reduction and #relapse prevention- #addiction is tricky that way. And can be fatal. - [Med Men](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/med-men/) - When #cannabusiness tries to become Big Business, it takes on many characteristics of the genre- including vulnerability to big time fraud and financial chicanery. - [Higher and Higher](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/higher-and-higher/) - Quality research on high potency #cannabis is beginning to accumulate, and some findings are surprising- but some won't surprise #addiction treatment pros at all. - [David Crosby's Genes](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/david-crosbys-genes/) - #Addiction has a genetic component. But it's a complex disease with lots of other factors that bring it into manifestation, too. Parental DNA isn't "the reason". - [Sober Living](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/sober-living/) - We tell them to avoid people, places and things that make them want to drink or use. But what if that's all there is at home? #Recovery homes are an alternative. - [Bad Timing](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/bad-timing/) - Yes, a global pandemic is a challenge to early #recovery. But there are lots of those. Getting out of #rehab with some tools to deal with the unanticipated can help. - [Selling Vaping](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/selling-vaping/) - Is anyone surprised that a rapacious industry selling a highly addictive product would callously use a tragic national pandemic to increase their sales? Anyone? - [Booze-Opioid Connection](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/booze-opioid-connection/) - The phenomenon of tolerance isn't fully understood yet. When a body- or brain's- need to keep experiencing drugs will keep people miraculously alive- but miserable. - [Russian Revival](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/russian-revival/) - A public health crisis like coronavirus can also feed an increase in other public health crises- like #alcoholism, other addictive disease, and domestic violence. - [Rock n' Roll Will Never Die](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rock-n-roll-will-never-die/) - Some combinations of experience, choices, and genetics seem insurmountable. But there are real stories of real people achieving real #recovery to keep hope alive. - [Health Care Conundrum](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/health-care-conundrum/) - It's a good question: For such a wealthy, advanced nation, why does America's health care system perform so poorly for so many? The answer isn't too surprising. - [Cannabis News: Good, and Not-So-Good](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-news-good-and-not-so-good/) - It was probably inevitable that legal #cannabis would create new whole markets for new products: More potent consumables, and tools to deal with the consequences. - [Crack Mad](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/crack-mad/) - Many misused or addictive substances are involved in some kind of crime, but #stimulants like crack #cocaine and #meth can create particularly lurid headlines. - [Lessons Not Learned](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/lessons-not-learned/) - Those who study #addiction find some of today's public dialog eerily familiar: "Getting back to normal" from an illness that requires a behavior change rarely works. - [Opioids in the Era of Covid-19](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/opioids-in-the-covid-19-epidemic/) - The #opioid epidemic hasn't gone away. Like the #Covid-19 virus, it's just mutating and changing in various ways that will challenge our health care system. Again. - [Recovery Quarantine](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/recovery-quarantine/) - #Recovery is an ongoing process, and feeling isolated and stressed can make it even harder. During a time of quarantine we need each other more than ever. - [Have a Safe Trip...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/have-a-safe-trip/) - Research is identifying a strong #placebo response connected to #hallucinogen use. Perhaps not a surprise, as psychoactive pharmaceuticals use neural mechanisms. - [First Person: Scared Silly](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-scared-silly/) - Yes, these are worrisome times. People in #recovery from #addiction or #alcoholism are dealing with the added stresses of the pandemic. So how would #relapse help? - [Cannabi-News](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabi-news/) - Just the topic of #cannabis pushes strong buttons of bias and belief. Is there any actual science or even the start of a scientific consensus about the substance? - [Is Cannabis Essential, Like Milk and Eggs?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-cannabis-essential-like-milk-and-eggs/) - Medical uses of #cannabis provide justification to allow vendors to stay open during the pandemic. But are customers driven by medical needs? Or #CWS (withdrawal)? - [Well-Defended](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/well-defended/) - Anyone who's ever dealt with an #alcoholic person or someone with active #addiction understands the defenses we're seeing now around coronavirus dangers. - [AA's Effectiveness](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/aas-effectiveness/) - It's accessible. It's free. It's the closest thing in public health we have to a free lunch. Which may be why it's disliked- it's not patented and no one gets rich. - [The Nausea Solution](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-nausea-solution/) - It's quick. It's nasty. It's comparatively cheap. But does aversion therapy work better than other kinds of #addiction treatment or #recovery support programs? - [Is Video Gaming Addiction a Real Addiction?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-video-gaming-addiction-a-real-addiction/) - Specific definitions of #addiction are always being updated. But definitions that focus on how a thing takes over peoples lives would likely include #video #gaming. - [Of Money and Mushrooms](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/of-money-and-mushrooms/) - Decriminalization of psilocybin is driving a new interest from venture capital firms in hallucinogen research. But profitable recreational use is the money target. - [Undercounted](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/undercounted/) - The #opioid epidemic's death toll is worse than we thought. Deficiencies in the system for identifying and recording cause of death have led to serious undercounts. - [Old Diseases Made New](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/old-diseases-made-new/) - The "World's Best Healthcare System" is seeing a reduction in lifespans and an increase in preventable mortality rates. There's just no way to monetize #prevention. - [First Person: Vape Addicted](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-vape-addicted/) - Is #vape nicotine to tobacco like crack to cocaine- addicting at a whole new (and higher) level? Kids aren't the only ones finding out they can't put the Juul down. - [Confide in Us](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/confide-in-us/) - To us they need help- rebuilding lives, making courageous decisions to change. To an intrusive bureaucracy they're a potential criminal threat. #Confidentiality? - [First Person Hard Charger](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-hard-charger/) - First-person books about #addiction can help answer a lot of questions about what it's like for someone experiencing the disease, and family or friends' confusion. - [A Move to Regulate Vaping](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-move-to-regulate-vaping/) - It's been a wide-open field for sales of vaping products, and the health consequences (and costs!) are piling up. An entrenched, profitable market will fight back. - [Driver's Ed](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drivers-ed/) - Rates of THC involvement in fatal vehicle accidents are escalating in states that have legalized cannabis. Maybe an unintended consequence, but hardly unforeseen. - [First Person: The Moderate](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/first-person-the-moderate/) - Self-diagnosis is a key goal of #addiction treatment. It has to be more than just a vague acknowledgement of problem substance use. That's where education comes in. - [What About the FDA?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/what-about-the-fda/) - New drugs are generating a lot of controversy in the U.S.- especially the #addictive ones. Why does the #FDA keep approving them? Maybe the agency needs a change. - [Do Supplements Help?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/do-supplements-help/) - Science seems to think they (supplements) don't work. But if my brain thinks they're going to make me feel better, I might feel better anyway. Why they're popular. - [Re-Engineering Recovery Tools](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/re-engineering-recovery-tools/) - This exploration of Steps 1-3 transforms the conceptual matrix of Alcoholics Anonymous for nonbelievers wishing to use a powerful (but religiously-oriented) tool. - [Opioid Tapering](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/opioid-tapering/) - Chronic pain patients who want to leave #opioids behind need a well-designed tapering protocol that includes other therapeutic interventions and regular monitoring. - [The Angry DWI Client](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-angry-dwi-client/) - DUI/DWI clients often arrive angry and certain the problem isn't their behavior- it's the getting caught. Programs that don't address this won't do them much good. - [DUI: Running Them Down?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dui-running-them-down/) - We know the issue of #DWI (or #DUI) is a big challenge. We're making progress, but there are still tough problems like identifying (and deterring) repeat offenders. - [Lowering the Emotional Temperature](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/lowering-the-emotional-temperature/) - Discussions involving someone who has #addiction or #alcoholism might be difficult- not necessarily because of their emotional triggers, but because of your own. - [A Case of Drunk Driving](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-case-of-drunk-driving/) - We've made progress in the long battle to reduce #DUI fatalities. That could change if this disturbing trend continues. Law enforcement, are you paying attention? - [Exercises in Effective Listening](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/exercises-in-effective-listening/) - Often what defeats good communication with someone who has #alcoholism or #addiction comes not from them, but from our own emotional triggers. We can overcome that. - [Who's Raising the Kids?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/whos-raising-the-kids/) - It's not a new phenomenon: When parents with #addiction can't care for their kids, who steps up? Let's make more help available to grandparents and other relatives. - [Listen Up!](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/listen-up/) - When trying to reach someone with #addiction or #alcoholism, communicating can be a challenge. Start with listening- this disease makes it easy to lose the knack. - [The Difficult Discussion: Your Turn](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-difficult-discussion-your-turn/) - Having a discussion with someone who suffers from #addiction or #alcoholism is often fraught with difficulty. Being prepared can make it a lot easier for you both. - [Deterring Drunk Driving: Thoughts on Designing a System](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/deterring-drunk-driving-thoughts-on-designing-a-system-2/) - [Different Disorders?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/different-disorders/) - We talk about this disease as if each type of #addiction is the same. But are they? Individual experiences vary, but in treatment and #recovery similarities matter. - [Up to Their Old Tricks](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/up-to-their-old-tricks/) - We're fast reaching the point- maybe even past it- where the damage and tragedy from trafficking by companies in legal drugs outweighs illicit street drugs' harm. - [Kids Learn About Drugs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/kids-learn-about-drugs/) - Kids are smart enough to detect bull**** from adults, but peer influence and their own biases can make it hard to discuss tough issues like substance use and abuse. - [Elder and Addicted](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/elder-and-addicted/) - Substance abuse and other health issues often associated with aging can make a difficult mix. But seniors can experience success in treatment and quality recovery. - [Painkillers, from Two Sides](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/painkillers-from-two-sides/) - Pain is a normal facet of human life. But our approach to dealing with it makes us vulnerable to more pain, in the powerful and life-altering form of addiction. - [The Ad Biz](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-ad-biz/) - Used to be the main tool of drug traffickers was sleazy street-corner pushers offering "freebies". Now a multi-billion dollar advertising industry does the pushing. - [Opioids in International Relations](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/opioids-in-international-relations/) - Powerful and easy to traffic, opioids like fentanyl and other drugs are flooding into US illicit drug markets. Can trade negotiations or diplomatic tools stop them? - [The Vape Ban That Wasn't](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-vape-ban-that-wasnt/) - It looked possible, for a brief moment, to make a real step to prevent a toxic addictive substance from reaching the hands of young people. Then politics happened. - [Running, But Not on Empty](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/running-but-not-on-empty/) - For some, it's the endorphin rush. For some, it's the sense of achievement or the time alone not having to think. Running helps a lot of recovering folks stay sober. - [Can Legal Cannabis Fix Vaping Illness?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/can-legal-cannabis-fix-vaping-illness/) - Will legalizing powerful THC concentrates keep contaminants from killing vapers? Maybe. But legalizing #addictive substances hasn't lowered mortality in the past. - [Stemming the Tide: Vaping](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/stemming-the-tide-vaping/) - Vaping-related deaths may be a catalyst for lawmakers to examine a very profitable tool for #addicting youth to #nicotine- if industry lobbyists don't stop them. - [Legalization's Impact on Cannabis Use Disorders (CUD)](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/legalizations-impact-on-cannabis-use-disorders-cud/) - It should surprise no one that #cannabis, like #alcohol, causes problems for frequent, heavy users. Research is now documenting the extent and who is most affected. - [Walls and Fences](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/walls-and-fences/) - Who's more motivated? Drug smugglers seeking a big profit? Or policy makers spending tax dollars to interdict illicit drug flow for a temporary- and expensive- win? - [Cannabis and Mental Health](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-and-mental-health/) - Research on possible mental health applications of cannabis is beginning to accumulate. So far, no strong or reliable evidence of its helpful qualities has emerged. - [Groups That Work: Values](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/groups-that-work-values/) - Groups that become accustomed to working- and appreciate the results- begin to establish their own values and traditions that help them stay in the working mode. - [The Journey of the Heroic Parent](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-journey-of-the-heroic-parent/) - Author Brad Reedy explores how parents can change how they see and hear children who present problem behaviors and challenging addiction or mental health issues. - [The Journey of the Heroic Parent](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-journey-of-the-heroic-parent/) - Author Brad Reedy explores how parents can change how they see and hear children who present problem behaviors and challenging addiction or mental health issues. - [Hiring the Right People](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hiring-the-right-people/) - Treating #addiction and helping people establish #recovery is a trust-based business. Successful hiring is more than finding Tab A staff to fit into Slot A jobs. - [Drugstore Cowboy](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drugstore-cowboy/) - Thirty years ago the indie film "Drugstore Cowboy" made an impact with its realistic depiction of #opioid #addiction. Sadly, since then, very little has changed. - [Breaking Up With Vaping](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/breaking-up-with-vaping/) - Vaping started out as an way to help adults quit smoking tobacco. Now millions- including millions of young people, are addicted to this "crack pipe for #nicotine." - [Easier, Softer Way](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/easier-softer-way/) - Namalfene, an opioid antagonist, is being marketed to help the alcoholic "curb overdrinking." Will it work as advertised? Might there be unforeseen problems? - [Do You Know What (Drugs) Your Kids Are Doing?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/do-you-know-what-drugs-your-kids-are-doing/) - Article discusses parental awareness of potential drug and alcohol use among teens and common indicators of drug and alcohol use. - [Models of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/models-of-alcoholism-and-drug-addiction/) - Creating models helps us examine our assumptions about a problem and compare approaches to solving it. Models of addiction reveal social attitudes and challenges. - [Pills by Default](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pills-by-default/) - Studies are beginning to document over-prescription of pills to treat common conditions. Could it be because insurance companies encourage the cheapest treatment? - [Putting Off Reality](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/putting-off-reality/) - It's supposed to help solve a problem: Opioid addiction. But is it already laying the groundwork for a whole new problem? If so, are we willing to pay attention? - [Affordable](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/affordable/) - The need for more affordable treatment options continues to grow, while the resources to provide them lag behind. Can communities grow their own creative solutions? - [In the News: Stoned Driving](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-stoned-driving/) - Cannabis use is on a steep upward trend- can cannabis-impaired driving be far behind? Emerging problem for law enforcement: No reliable lab tests for impairment. - [Are Recovering Counselors Better?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/are-recovering-counselors-better/) - [Helping Memory-Impaired Clients](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/helping-memory-impaired-clients/) - [Can Binge Drinking Make You Stupid?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/can-binge-drinking-make-you-stupid/) - [Why Do Alcoholics Drink?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/why-do-alcoholics-drink/) - [Alcoholism in the Hospital](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-alcoholic-in-the-hospital/) - [Lessons Learned?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/lessons-learned/) - [Decisions, decisions: Discharging someone for drinking or drug use](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/decisions-decisions-discharging-someone-for-drinking-or-drug-use/) - [My husband quit drinking, but he's still not himself.](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/my-husband-quit-drinking-but-hes-still-not-himself/) - [Communicating--In Spite of Cognitive Bias](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/communicating-in-spite-of-cognitive-bias/) - [Bupe Dreams](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/bupe-dreams/) - [Am I Being Supportive? Or Enabling?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/am-i-being-supportive-or-enabling/) - [Nature or Nurture?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/nature-or-nurture/) - [Challenge: Motivating a Group of Court-Referred Clients](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/challenge-motivating-a-group-of-court-referred-clients/) - [Can I Keep My Patients From Giving Up?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/can-i-keep-my-patients-from-giving-up/) - [Intervention with a professional present?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/intervention-with-a-professional-present/) - [Can We Make Patient Education Work?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/can-we-make-patient-education-work/) - [I Think Maybe I Made a Mistake](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/i-think-maybe-i-made-a-mistake/) - [Counselors vs Probation Officers](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/counselors-vs-probation-officers/) - [Do Incentives Work?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/do-incentives-work/) - [The Bullying Game](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-bullying-game/) - [Why Didn't Our Intervention Work?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/why-didnt-our-intervention-work/) - [Corporate Expectations](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/corporate-expectations/) - [Adding Services for Co-Occurring Disorders](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/adding-services-for-co-occurring-disorders/) - [Is Treatment "Successful"?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-treatment-successful/) - [Helping Family Members Recover](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/helping-family-members-recover/) - [Can I Help My Boyfriend Stop Drinking?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/can-i-help-my-boyfriend-stop-drinking/) - [Will Spirituality Work for This Counselor?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/will-spirituality-work-for-this-counselor/) - [How to Lower Inpatient Dropout Rates](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/how-to-lower-inpatient-dropout-rates/) - [Rural Areas and ASAM Criteria](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/rural-areas-and-asam-criteria/) - [Is There a Cure?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-there-a-cure/) - [Why Don't Physicians Refer People for Treatment?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/why-dont-physicians-refer-people-for-treatment/) - [Making Phone Contacts More Meaningful (Marketing)](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/making-phone-contacts-more-meaningful-marketing/) - [Is it Treatment Failure or Relapse?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-it-treatment-failure-or-relapse/) - [Reducing Outpatient No-Shows](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/reducing-outpatient-no-shows/) - ["They'll See Me Going To Your Program"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/theyll-see-me-going-to-your-program/) - [Sure, "set boundaries." How?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/sure-set-boundaries-how/) - [Are Humans "Hard-Wired" for Getting High?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/are-humans-hard-wired-for-getting-high/) - [Material Clients Can't (or Won't) Read Doesn't Help Them](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/material-clients-cant-or-wont-read-doesnt-help-them/) - [Adding Intervention Services](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/adding-intervention-services/) - For addiction treatment programs looking to boost admissions, adding intervention services can be attractive. These four questions will help plan for success. - [Intervention and Publicly Funded Rehab](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/intervention-and-publicly-funded-rehab/) - [Engaging Coerced DUI Clients](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/engaging-coerced-dui-clients/) - [Lowering "First Week" ASA Rates](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/lowering-first-week-asa-rates/) - Addiction treatment programs can reduce "against staff advice" checkouts the first week by reviewing and refining a few strategies. This article highlights four. - [My Counselors are Being Manipulated!](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/my-counselors-are-being-manipulated/) - [Is a Good Intervention Dramatic?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-a-good-intervention-dramatic/) - [Finding the Right Opioid Treatment Program](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/finding-the-right-opioid-treatment-program/) - [Helping Staff Manage Boundaries](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/helping-staff-manage-boundaries/) - When clinicians become "enmeshed" inappropriately with clients (and it can happen to any of us) the potential for incidents goes up. Tips for helping your staff. - [What is a "Safe" Drinking Level?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/what-is-a-safe-drinking-level/) - Discussions of how much it's "safe" to drink- without becoming an alcoholic, etc., tend to ignore differences in brain physiology & changes in behavior patterns. - [Music Hath Charms](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/music-hath-charms-2/) - [Is it a 'reason' or an 'excuse'?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-it-a-reason-or-an-excuse/) - If you live with an alcoholic or drug addict, you've heard so many you may not be able to tell the difference anymore. But an excuse is still not a reason. - [Inpatient Management: Dealing with the Tempests in the Teapot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/inpatient-management-dealing-with-the-tempests-in-the-teapot/) - [Winning Public Substance Abuse Services Contracts](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/winning-public-substance-abuse-services-contracts/) - A good bid proposal won't always win the county/state addiction services contract, but a poor one will lose it. Five rules for winning public sector contracts. - [Shopping for Treatment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/shopping-for-treatment/) - Finding addiction treatment for yourself or someone in your family can be complicated, especially if your resources are limited. These "shopping tips" can help. - [Waiting (and Waiting...) for Inpatient Beds](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/waiting-and-waiting-for-inpatient-beds/) - [Finding Evidence-Based Practices](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/finding-evidence-based-practices/) - [Environment & Expectations: Do They Influence Addiction?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/environment-expectations-do-they-influence-addiction/) - [Alexithymia: What's That Feeling?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/alexithymia-whats-that-feeling/) - [The Power of Mindfulness](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-power-of-mindfulness/) - Mindfulness is deceptively simple- no religious commitment or complicated psychology required- but it needs practice to produce benefits like reducing anxiety. - [Trapped: Helping Clients Avoid Relapse](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/trapped-helping-clients-avoid-relapse/) - [Seniors With Addiction Have Special Needs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/senior-addicts-have-special-needs/) - [Quick Onset: "One Drink" Alcoholism](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/quick-onset-the-one-drink-alcoholic/) - Some people can drink "safely" for a long time before the problems start. Others are alcoholics from the first drink. Genetic and environmental factors interact. - [Will This Client Follow Directions?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/will-this-client-follow-directions/) - Addiction clinicians and alcoholism treatment counselors may be experts. But will the client take your directions? Good treatment planning depends on knowing. - [Treatment Outcomes: Does it Work?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/treatment-outcomes-does-it-work/) - [Our Intervention Got Ratted Out!](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/our-intervention-got-ratted-out/) - [Should I Stay or Leave?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/should-i-stay-or-leave/) - [Why Do We Keep Losing Bids?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/why-do-we-keep-losing-bids/) - [Building an Ethical Culture](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/building-an-ethical-culture/) - [Helping a Chronic Relapser](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/helping-a-chronic-relapser/) - [Is This "Recovery?"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-this-recovery/) - Parents of a young man on Suboxone maintenance therapy worry their son isn't making any real progress in his life. MRT may not always be enough for recovery. - [My Kid Can't Be Addicted: Family Defenses](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/my-kid-cant-be-addicted-family-defenses/) - Clinicians see plenty of families who want their kid's problem to be anything BUT addiction. Helping them work through those defenses lets the healing begin. - [What KIND of Disease is Addiction?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/what-kind-of-disease-is-addiction/) - Determining effective addiction treatment starts with understanding the disease. But there's no consensus on which of 2 conflicting models describes it correctly. - [Surviving Program Surveys](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/surviving-program-surveys/) - Addiction rehab facilities can expect program surveys- accreditation and certification, monitoring, compliance, etc. Getting a good review depends on preparation. - [Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic pt 1](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/prescription-drug-abuse-epidemic-pt-1/) - Growing problems in American communities revealed that abuse of prescription drugs -mostly painkillers- had become epidemic. But pain management remains a need. - [Celebrity Addiction](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/celebrity-addiction/) - Celebrities pose special challenges for addiction treatment programs, in part because the lifestyle that goes with fame poses challenges for celebrity recovery. - [The "Party School" Problem](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-party-school-problem/) - [Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic pt. 2](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/prescription-drug-abuse-epidemic-pt-2/) - This article discusses some of the medical issues and justifications for prescription opioid painkillers, and their contribution to the problem of addiction. - [The Disease Debate](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-disease-debate/) - After decades of study and research the debate continues about whether addiction is a disease. To resolve the question, we'll need a definition of "disease." - [Is LSD Going to Cure Alcoholism?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-lsd-going-to-cure-alcoholism/) - [Teachers Reduce Addiction Risk!](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/teachers-reduce-addiction-risk/) - ["Weak" Evidence for Prescription Opioid Effectiveness](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/weak-evidence-for-prescription-opioid-effectiveness/) - Social costs of prescription opioids are often justified by their necessity for pain management. But evidence for their effectiveness managing pain may be weak. - [It's Time to Retire "Behavioral Health"](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/its-time-to-retire-behavioral-health/) - Applying the description "behavioral health" to our efforts to address addiction and mental illness was well-intentioned. But it may also be perpetuating stigma. - [Beyond the Barrier: Depression in Early Recovery](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/beyond-the-barrier-depression-in-early-recovery/) - [The "Rules" About Drugs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-rules-about-drugs/) - [Is there an "alcoholic/addictive" personality?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/is-there-an-alcoholicaddictive-personality/) - [Three Basic Questions](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/three-basic-questions/) - Understanding the psychiatric disorders that frequently co-occur with addiction can help clinicians treat both more effectively. - [Intervention at the ER? Can it Work?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/intervention-at-the-er-can-it-work/) - Most people who arrive at the ER w/ alcohol & drug related illnesses/injuries aren't yet addicted. If we can reach them now, the process could be interrupted. - [Building a Recovery-Friendly Community](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/building-a-recovery-friendly-community/) - [Intervention at the ER, Part 2](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/intervention-at-the-er-part-2/) - This short article follows up on "Intervention at the ER? Can it Work?" discussing tools and techniques for implementing brief intervention in a medical setting - [Opioid Maintenance: Life Sentence?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/opioid-maintenance-life-sentence/) - With almost half a million Americans on Suboxone maintenance therapy for opioid addiction, what is their prognosis? This blog post asks 'where's the research?' - [More on Mental Illness: Genetics](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-on-mental-illness-genetics/) - Research on cancer teaches us more about how genetic factors influence vulnerability. Mental illnesses with genetic components may benefit from new treatments. - [Mental Illness: The Dilemma of Diagnosis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/mental-illness-the-dilemma-of-diagnosis/) - The nature of psychiatric disorders makes accurate diagnosis difficult. The DSM aims to provide standards, but validity and consistency remain imperfect. - [The Rumor Mill: "Killer Rehab"?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-rumor-mill-killer-rehab/) - 'Abstinence-based' rehab: More dangerous than medication replacement therapy (MRT)? Celebrity overdose deaths raise questions, but OD risk is common with addicts. - [The More Things Change...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-more-things-change/) - Addiction treatment has evolved in response to new therapies and needs, but has it really changed? A review of the field over a few decades of clinical practice. - [Science vs. Science](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/science-vs-science/) - Scientific investigation is critical, but it doesn't always result in authoritative, unambiguous results. Understanding the scientific process helps us interpret. - [Methadone for Chronic Pain?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/methadone-for-chronic-pain/) - Commonly used to replace heroin or other illegal opioids for addicts in harm-reduction programs, methadone is also used for chronic pain. Risks are significant. - [New Approaches for Chronic Pain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/new-approaches-for-chronic-pain/) - Yes, opioid painkillers are highly addictive. But the real problem might be that for chronic pain in particular, they may not work. They may even prolong the pain. - [Why We Can't Trust the Healthcare System to Regulate Itself](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/why-we-cant-trust-the-healthcare-system-to-regulate-itself/) - Pharma companies target marketing to "off-label" uses of powerful opioids; the FDA says it's not there to regulate how physicians practice. Who's protecting us? - [Hospital Follies](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hospital-follies/) - The "not welcome" used to be out for alcoholics and addicts in most hospitals and Emergency Rooms. Time for that to change with tools like SBIRT to help doctors. - [Medical Cannabis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/medical-marijuana/) - What happens when a medical marijuana user gets sent to treatment for problems with other drugs? This and other challenges are arising as pot prescription expands. - [Outpatient Follies](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/outpatient-follies/) - Outpatient addiction treatment, including the "intensive" version, can be a good option for some. But maybe more inpatient resources are what the field needs most. - [Stigma in the Bigger Picture](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/stigma-in-the-bigger-picture/) - Negative attitudes on addictive disease are deeply rooted in the health care system, but even on the "big picture" level, stigma contributes to bad policy making. - [Addiction Treatment via US Healthcare System: The Downside](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/addiction-treatment-via-us-healthcare-system-the-downside/) - The U.S. healthcare system isn't configured for success in addressing addictive disease. Considering how many Americans suffer from addiction, that's a problem. - [The Cannabis Debate](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-marijuana-debate/) - Decriminalizing or even legalizing cannabis is seen as a solution to many "War on Drugs" related social problems. But this "solution" comes with problems of its own. - [DUI: Graduating Sanctions](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dui-graduating-sanctions/) - In criminal justice, graduated sanctions punish first offenses less severely. It's not effective with DUI offenders as a first arrest is rarely a first offense. - [Drug Epidemics, Part 1](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drug-epidemics-part-1/) - Understanding the epidemiology of drug abuse and addiction isn't too useful for dealing with existing problems, but it can help prevent the next wave of addiction. - [Medicalizing Cannabis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/medicalizing-marijuana/) - Claims of medical efficacy, sometimes poorly supported, are made to advance the legalization of marijuana. Such expectations may set us up for future problems. - [Drug Epidemics, Part 2](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drug-epidemics-part-2/) - Especially with prescription drugs, experts and the public want to believe this time it's different. Not learning from past epidemics sets us up for the next one. - [The New Moralists](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-new-moralists/) - Every one has the freedom to make moral judgments about addiction, treatment, and recovery. But claims that science supports such judgments just don't hold up. - [To Maintain or Not to Maintain?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/to-maintain-or-not-to-maintain/) - Proponents of opioid maintenance therapy and abstinence-focused therapy seem to be locked in an endless debate about which is best. Is there a third option? Not yet. - [Politics, Money, and Addiction Treatment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/politics-money-and-addiction-treatment/) - With much fanfare, elected leaders announce a 'new priority' on making addiction treatment more available. Then promptly direct 85% of the funding elsewhere. - [More Politics of Pot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-politics-of-pot/) - The debate over marijuana is so polarized that any opposition to a candidate's stand on the issue is likely to carry over to his or her future campaigns. - [The EBP Conundrum](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-ebp-conundrum/) - Is using "evidence based practices" a guarantee of better treatment? Certainly it's better than doing nothing. But look closely which practices- and what evidence. - [The Pot Docs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-pot-docs/) - Marijuana may have useful medical applications, but if so, shouldn't it be taken seriously and applied like a medical intervention, requiring careful assessment? - [XR-Naltrexone: Too Expensive to Help?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/xr-naltrexone-too-expensive-to-help/) - Naltrexone maintenance is a lot cheaper than prison. But at $1100 a month, it's not exactly affordable for most addicts being released from the corrections system. - [Relapse and Addiction Policy](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/relapse-and-addiction-policy/) - As long as public policy on addiction prioritizes cost-driven ideas about ROI, the system will keep treating relapse like treatment failure and piling on stigma. - [Legalize Synthetics?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/legalize-synthetics/) - The arguments in favor of legalizing synthetic marijuana - or any other illicit drug - sound convincing, but they should be carefully examined against experience. - [A System That Isn't One](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-system-that-isnt-one/) - It makes little sense to criticize our "system" of mental health care, when it's only a system in some places. In the national sense, it has never been a "system." - [A System That Could Be One](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-system-that-could-be-one/) - The barrier to building a truly functional Community Mental Health system isn't lack of knowledge. We already know what works. Also, it costs less than prisons. - [Hep C Outbreak](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hep-c-outbreak/) - This Hep C outbreak is another good illustration of the trickledown effect of a drug epidemic-- the ones that linger long after the epidemic itself may have ended. - [HIV Mini-Epidemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/hiv-mini-epidemic/) - Needle exchanges makes sense as something that's been shown to be effective at limiting one important adverse consequence to the individual and society from IVDU. - [About Government](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/about-government/) - Many persons once considered to be 'failures' for treatment are now pillars of the recovery community. That simple truth eludes many well-meaning legislators. - [The FDA and Pediatric Oxycontin](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-fda-and-pediatric-oxycontin/) - Physicians don't need FDA approval to prescribe oxycontin, but pharma companies need it to market it to docs to prescribe for kids. What could possibly go wrong? - [The Maintenance Biz](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-maintenance-biz/) - Economists say financial incentives explain how business models work. Opioid Maintenance Therapy (OMT) programs seem to have little incentive to get patients off. - [More on Lobbying](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/more-on-lobbying/) - A tool that's sometimes overlooked when it comes to influencing legislators and policy makers: Sharing credit for an accomplishment, even if all they did was vote. - [A Pocket of Heroin](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-pocket-of-heroin/) - Awful Warning and epidemiological case study, New Mexico's Rio Arriba County and the small town of Chimayo offer insights into heroin's multi-generational power. - [The Exact Wrong Thing](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-exact-wrong-thing/) - Different types of addiction require different resources and responses, but our policy makers and funding systems always seem to be planning for the LAST epidemic. - [Research Blues: Correlation versus Causation](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/research-blues-correlation-versus-causation/) - The media are full of authoritative-sounding pronouncements about research, "studies" and their results. But evaluating their worth might be harder than you think. - [Treating Young Opioid Users: Residential vs. Outpatient?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/treating-young-opioid-users-residential-vs-outpatient/) - Although the medical establishment is currently enamored with medication replacement therapy for opioid addiction, old-style residential treatment may work better. - [Pain Conundrum](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/pain-conundrum/) - Writing a prescription for pain medication is simple, cheap, fast, and makes the patient feel like the doctor cares. Changing how doctors manage pain won't be easy. - [Doctors and Addiction](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/doctors-and-addiction/) - Addiction is one of the single most common and damaging diseases, but until recently physicians received little training about it. That's changing, but too slowly. - [In the News: A Roundup](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/roundup-in-the-news/) - Now that the opioid epidemic is on the media radar, it's interesting to see what various media outlets choose to report on. There's certainly no shortage of stories. - [In the News: The "Affluenza" Case](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-the-affluenza-case/) - Poverty and disadvantage can pose challenges when trying to deal with addiction. But wealth can make enabling easier, too- as many dysfunctional families know. - [And the Winner Is...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/and-the-winner-is/) - The CDC and the FDA are apparently at odds in their policy approaches toward opioid medications. What's behind the difference between these US health bureaucracies? - [Overdose Fatality Trends](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/overdose-fatality-trends/) - Overdose deaths are on the rise, especially opioids. But studying patterns and reasons behind the trends can help us find hope in the fight to control the epidemic. - [In the News: Kratom](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-kratom/) - "Natural." "Organic." Such words for mood- or consciousness-altering substances don't mean they're not addictive. Especially for people who have other addictions. - [The OD Epidemic Continues...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-od-epidemic-continues/) - Studying the overdose death patterns can help us find clues to deal with the epidemic. Such as why physicians in some states seem more likely to prescribe opioids? - [Don't Forget This About Drug Epidemics](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/dont-forget-this-about-drug-epidemics/) - Drug abuse epidemics may seem to take off quickly, but end slowly and incompletely, leaving secondary problems and the seeds of the next epidemic in their wake. - [Drunk Driving Debate](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drunk-driving-debate/) - State legislatures, including New Mexico's, are wrestling with the issue of deterring drunk driving, balancing effectiveness with cost, punishment with deterrence. - [The Next Epidemic: CUD](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-next-epidemic-cud/) - There are thoughtful arguments and defensible reasons for legalizing marijuana. The genie's halfway out of the bottle, anyway. But are we creating problems ahead? - [Responding to an Epidemic: Narcan](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/responding-to-an-epidemic-narcan/) - With the opioid epidemic still expanding, there are no good reasons for not increasing the availability of effective overdose medications like Narcan (Naloxone). - ["The Real Reasons"?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-real-reasons/) - With the pressure growing to increase access to marijuana for medical or recreational use, what's standing in the way? Could be it's both science and human nature. - [A Heroin-ish Solution to Heroin Addiction?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-heroin-ish-solution-to-heroin-addiction/) - Is polymorphone administration at supervised injection sites a variation on current harm reduction? Or an acknowledgment we'll never get the addict off the drug? - [A Problem Becomes Public](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-problem-becomes-public/) - When a public health issue (like the opioid addiction epidemic) hits the public consciousness, it's usually long past the "easy solution" stage. But it's a start. - [Horror Story](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/horror-story/) - Prescription medications are not all safe, as the opioid epidemic and its associated fatalities show. But there's more than one kind of "not safe" in pharma-land. - [New CDC Guidelines for Opioid Prescription](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/new-cdc-guidelines-for-opioid-prescription/) - Better guidelines for physicians are a start. But doctors can't see what happens when the meds go home from the pharmacy. Family can communicate concerns to docs. - [The Public Trust](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-public-trust/) - For-profit health related businesses operate based on a fragile coalition of public trust, government oversight, and business ethics. What happens when it fails? - [Open the Buprenorphine Tap?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/open-the-buprenorphine-tap/) - Increasing pressure in the policy arena to make buprenorphine (suboxone) easier to access, for detox and long-term opioid replacement therapy. Is it a good idea? - [In the News: Care about CARA](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-care-about-cara/) - For most Americans, addiction remains a defect of character or self-discipline. Is an Act of Congress going to change that? Maybe not, but it's a very good start. - [Drug Prices: 'Invisible Hands' Off](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/drug-prices-invisible-hands-off/) - The classic theory about the "free market" effect on price is that it pressures them down. But the pharmaceutical industry doesn't seem to have heard about that. - [In the News: Fading Flakka](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-fading-flakka/) - Interdiction and other "supply side" approaches have limited usefulness in stemming most illicit drug epidemics. But occasionally the right circumstances combine. - [In the News: Drug Epidemics and Confusing the Issues](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-drug-epidemics-and-confusing-the-issues/) - In the heat of an epidemic, problems and solutions proliferate, and the connections between the two aren't always as well-established or reality-based as we need. - [In the News: Opioid Prescriptions Drop](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-opioid-prescriptions-drop/) - Fewer prescriptions is a good start, but it won't produce the desired results of fewer fatalities or more opioid addicts in recovery. Those will require investment. - [Box Wars](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/box-wars/) - Suboxone and other buprenorphine products seem like 'the answer' to opioid addiction. But experiences of some users, and increasing street diversion, raise queries. - [In the News: Bupe Implants](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-bupe-implants/) - The FDA has approved a 6-month implant to deliver buprenorphine, and the pharmaceutical industry expects it to be a profitable addition to their MRT product line. - [War For Drugs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/war-for-drugs/) - Even if we're not locking up addicts for having a disease, the law enforcement issues around the next wave of 'designer' synthetic opioids are a complex challenge. - [Opioids for Pain Relief? It Depends...](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/opioids-for-pain-relief-it-depends/) - Medicine can't get along without them. But chronic pain patients and pharmaceutical companies may be overly dependent on opioids, resulting in costly consequences. - [No, It Wasn't the Pain](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/no-it-wasnt-the-pain/) - 'A criminally-undertreated pain epidemic' was the argument that won us a soaring prescription painkiller addiction and overdose death rate. Fentanyl killed Prince. - [In the News: Notes from the Epidemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-notes-from-the-epidemic/) - Fighting the opioid addiction epidemic, one Emergency Room decreases reliance on opioid painkillers; psychiatrists look at opioids as an off-label depression med. - [Cannabis Next](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-next/) - Policy makers seeking ways to re-integrate cannabis into the spectrum of legal intoxicants have many reasons and goals. But can they read the writing on the wall? - [In the News: Medical Cannabis in PA](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-medical-cannabis-in-pa/) - The impassioned advocacy of patients and families influences legislative policy on medical cannabis. But what about scientific evidence? That might be worth a look. - [Methadone Maintenance and Crime](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/methadone-maintenance-and-crime/) - Methadone maintenance is widely promoted as a harm reduction strategy for managing opioid addiction. Maybe it's time to look at exactly what harm is being reduced. - [Scheduling Drugs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/scheduling-drugs/) - Drug "scheduling" is a regulatory tool that's been around since the 1970s. Unfortunately, it's never made very much sense when it comes to public policy or health. - [Trends in Cannabis Consumption](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/trends-in-cannabis-consumption/) - There are no real surprises in the recent large study of U.S. cannabis users, but plenty of indicators that the addiction treatment field should pay attention to. - [In the News: Kaos Around Kratom](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-kaos-around-kratom/) - The DEA seems surprised by the backlash against adding kratom to Schedule 1. Given the scale of the opioid addiction epidemic in America, maybe they shouldn't be. - [Revisiting the Politics of Painkillers](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/revisiting-the-politics-of-painkillers/) - Using sophisticated lobbying, Big Pharma protects the market for its products, by resisting legislative attempts to regulate the prescription of powerful opioids. - [Interdiction Two-Step](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/interdiction-two-step/) - If just a modest percentage of the public money spent on interdiction were available for prevention, treatment, and recovery support, might we see better outcomes? - [Focus on Demand](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/focus-on-demand/) - Political and financial realities keep access to addiction treatment out of reach for too many who need it. Local initiatives with Federal support could be the key. - [Opioid Prescribing in an Opioid Epidemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/opioid-prescribing-in-an-opioid-epidemic/) - Insurance companies might find the investment in additional payment for tracking and monitoring patient opioid use by clinics cheaper than dealing with addiction. - [Big Pharma vs. Big Pot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/big-pharma-vs-big-pot/) - Government needs for tax revenue drives cannabis legalization. Already-legal drugs fear the competition. And we're still short on addiction treatment resources . - [Oliver on Opioids](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/oliver-on-opioids/) - Maybe it's time to start asking the hard questions about how big pharmaceutical corporations contributed to the mess- and why we haven't done more to stop them. - [In the News: Medical vs. Recreational Cannabis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-medical-vs-recreational-cannabis/) - Are we on the verge of price and potency wars between 'medical' and 'recreational' cannabis dealers in states where both have been legalized? Stay tuned for more... - [Viral Pot](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/viral-pot/) - Getting good information about the effects of increasing cannabis availability is going to be a challenge with the signal-to-noise ratio in the "propaganda" range. - [In the News: Pot in Pueblo](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-pot-in-pueblo/) - Communities that see legal cannabis as an economic tonic may want to take a closer look at the less palatable realities other "boom town" phenomena have created. - [In the News: Video Gambling](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-video-gambling/) - Australia's video gaming industry lobbyists cut sweetheart deals for tax revenue to promote a highly addictive, profitable 'product.' Courts may be the last hope. - [In the News: Heroin Deaths Surpass Gun-Related Deaths](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-heroin-deaths-surpass-gun-related-deaths/) - As mortality rates keep rising, proposed solutions to the opioid epidemic seem no closer to feasibility or reality, thanks to outdated attitudes about addiction. - [Cannabis as an Opioid Addiction Treatment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cannabis-as-an-opioid-addiction-treatment/) - The persistent belief that there's a "right" drug that will eliminate the addicted person's "need" to use other drugs, keeps us focused on everything but recovery. - [Abused by Alcohol](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/abused-by-alcohol/) - To get more women consuming alcohol in large quantities, marketing efforts have focused on normalizing heavy drinking for women. With predictable consequences. - [In the News: Russian Drinking](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-russian-drinking/) - The Irkutsk alcohol tragedy eloquently illustrates the (hopefully unintended) consequences of trying to manage demand for addictive substances via the supply side. - [In the News: Anatomy of a Scam](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-anatomy-of-a-scam/) - Among the many factors influencing the cost of insurance and health care is fraud. And when abusable drugs are in the picture, the fraud price tag can skyrocket. - [Borders and Drugs](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/borders-and-drugs/) - Decades of supply-side interdiction have done little to reduce the problems connected with illicit drugs coming into the U.S. Domestic producers quickly fill gaps. - [Political Cover](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/political-cover/) - Elected officials are more likely to support increasing addiction treatment resources if advocates understand the need for- and provide- political cover for them. - [In the News: Epidemic Update](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-epidemic-update/) - As America's opioid epidemic continues, the demographic profile of victims shifts, heroin use climbs, and overdose deaths trend upward in spite of harm reduction. - [In the News: Keeping It Covered](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-keeping-it-covered/) - "Accessible" treatment requires both availability and affordability. It's always been vulnerable to political manipulation, even during a lethal opioid epidemic. - ["It's Baa-ack..." (Cocaine)](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/its-baa-ack-cocaine/) - We learned a lot from the cocaine epidemic of the '80s. Can we put that knowledge to use preventing another major outbreak based on record coca crops in Columbia? - [In the News: DUI, Cannabis-Style](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-dui-cannabis-style/) - We've had decades to develop tools to deal with alcohol-impaired driving. But a whole new set of problems is on the horizon: Dealing with cannabis-impaired drivers. - [In the News: Lobbying for Meth Cooks](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-lobbying-for-meth-cooks/) - How far will a massively profitable industry ostensibly dedicated to promoting healing go to protect their profits? Try restricting access to pseudoephedrine. - [In the News: Hitler's Heroin](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-hitlers-heroin/) - Drugs, of course, can be a factor in people doing unspeakably awful things. So when you WANT people to do such things, supplying drugs can seem a natural strategy. - [In the News: The End of a Pill Mill](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-the-end-of-a-pill-mill/) - Doctors take an oath to help the sick, and not do harm. But some of them seem to have taken an oath to get as rich as possible no matter how much damage they do. - [The Pill Mill Shell Game](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-pill-mill-shell-game/) - When communities are desperate for medical resources, they become vulnerable to a particularly cruel and manipulative type of criminal enterprise: The Pill Mill. - [In the News: Prince's Pills](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-princes-pills/) - [Medical Cannabis Laws and Addiction](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/medical-cannabis-laws-and-addiction/) - When cannabis is prescribed for medical purposes, should it not be dispensed, monitored, and quality-controlled through a process similar to other medications? - [In the News: Border Walls?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-border-walls/) - As a comprehensive #addiction #prevention strategy, building a border wall and leaving other drug control measures to individual states leaves a lot to be desired. - [In the News: Painkiller Control](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-painkiller-control/) - As the mortality toll of the current U.S. opioid epidemic grows, states are trying supply-side solutions. Can we control the epidemic by controlling prescriptions? - [Heroin Assisted Treatment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/heroin-assisted-treatment/) - First pioneered for very long-term heroin addicts, safe injection sites are attracting new interest as a strategy to address the current ballooning opioid epidemic. - [In the News: The Fentanyl Factor](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-the-fentanyl-factor/) - Cocaine use is on the rise again. So is a scary phenomenon- dealers cutting their product with the lethally-potent opioid, fentanyl. The ultimate (literally) high. - [In the News: Spit in the Ocean](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-spit-in-the-ocean/) - It sounds like a lot of money: $45 billion. But given the lethal nature of the still-expanding #opioid epidemic in America, are policy makers trying hard enough? - [Another Turn of the Cycle](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/another-turn-of-the-cycle/) - The minefield between personal choice, economic profits, and the health of individuals and communities creates a cycle of regulatory permissiveness and restriction - [Reducing Opioid Prescriptions](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/reducing-opioid-prescriptions/) - America accounts for most of the world's prescription opioid sales, so it's likely that successful efforts to reduce the number of prescriptions will get pushback. - [In the News: Who Gets Narcan?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-who-gets-narcan/) - The continuing opioid epidemic is leading more communities to assess the cost of saving lives against the cost of lost lives- a painful process with no easy answer. - [In the News: The Opioid Commission Speaks](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-the-opioid-commission-speaks/) - The commission appointed by the President to examine the opioid addiction epidemic, report on its impact and recommend solutions has issued its draft report. - [Notes From the Epidemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/notes-from-the-epidemic/) - It's a big problem- and a complicated one. Learning about the many aspects of the US's current opioid epidemic will be necessary to finding effective solutions. - [The Search for Better Pain Remedies](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-search-for-better-pain-remedies/) - The quest for better strategies to deal with pain is also revealing how little we know about the complex phenomenon of pain and how it affects people differently. - [In the News: Opioid Epidemic "Fixes" vs. Strategy](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-opioid-epidemic-fixes-vs-strategy/) - Policy makers look for quick fixes and dramatic turnarounds, but they won't be as effective as long-term strategies that make change in small increments over time. - [The Blame Game](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-blame-game/) - There's plenty of blame to go around in the U.S. opioid epidemic. But effort spent in finding culprits isn't as useful as effort putting into helping sick folks. - [In the News: Opioid Addiction Vaccine?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-opioid-addiction-vaccine/) - Will a "vaccine" that blocks neurochemical response be as effective as one that conveys biological immunity from disease? Can it 'undo' complex addictive disease? - [In the News: Fentanyl Epidemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-fentanyl-epidemic/) - Reformulating cocaine as crack was an epidemiological game-changer. Fentanyl increasingly showing up in the illicit opioid market may presage a similar escalation. - [In the News: Disasters and Opioid Treatment](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-disasters-and-opioid-treatment/) - Will we learn anything from the experience of opioid maintenance clients forced into involuntary 'cold turkey' withdrawal by natural disasters? If so, what? - [The Drugs/Crime Axis](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/the-drugscrime-axis/) - When drugs are 'legal', it may reduce some crime, but many problems remain. as we're learning from falling crime rates during America's worst-ever opioid epidemic. - [In the News: Harm Reduction in West Virginia](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-harm-reduction-in-west-virginia/) - This WV doctor's seen the results of doing nothing, and isn't waiting for policy makers. Needle exchanges prevent HIV transmission, and they can offer other help. - [A "Plan" Isn't Enough](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/a-plan-isnt-enough/) - We know how to address the opioid epidemic. Why is it still a problem? RecoverySI Principal Scott McMillin argues that it's motivation. Could an intervention help? - [Opioid Alternatives](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/opioid-alternatives/) - When physicians and patients are taking care to reduce the risk of opioid addiction, they're often up against the profit wars between Big Insurance and Big Pharma. - [In the News: Drug War Ceasefire?](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-drug-war-ceasefire/) - The Phillipines is struggling with an extreme (and violent) War on Drugs, with escalating casualties. Is President Duterte finally taking a more positive approach? - [Why We Don't Learn From Experience](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/why-we-dont-learn-from-experience/) - [Crime vs. Disease](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/crime-vs-disease/) - The biggest barriers to effectively addressing lethal epidemics of addictive disease related to specific substances are entrenched attitudes about addiction itself. - [When It's Just Business](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/when-its-just-business/) - When the need for a treatment business to succeed overcomes the needs of customers who need help with their addiction, we need better regulation and enforcement. - [In The News: 56 Recommendations and Nothing On](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-56-recommendations-and-nothing-on/) - Many of the recommendations might be helpful- if there were funding to implement them. Unfortunately, the list is heavy with strategies of the "just say no" type. - [Cancer, Cannabis, and the FDA](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/cancer-cannabis-and-the-fda/) - Cannabidiol may have some medical uses. But with con artists loudly claiming it "cures" everything from hangnails to cancer, can quality research ever find them? - [America's Drug Epidemic History](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/americas-drug-epidemic-history/) - Past drug epidemics in the US show us patterns The current one is compiling a large body of evidence. Can we learn enough to change the course- and the outcomes? - [In the News: Big Pharma's Addiction Profits](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-big-pharmas-addiction-profits/) - Fox, meet henhouse. Close the door when you're done. Do we really want the big pharma companies who created the epidemic to reap the profits from fighting it? - [In the News: A Truly Costly Epidemic](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/in-the-news-a-truly-costly-epidemic/) - Cost estimates keep going up- but funds available to fight the ongoing opioid epidemic (and those rising costs) aren't forthcoming. So they'll just keep going up. - [Beware Lookalikes](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/beware-lookalikes/) - They're getting easier to make- and more deadly. With ingredients like fentanyl in counterfeit opioid pills, rates of fatal overdose are escalating fast. - [Revolving Cell Doors](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/revolving-cell-doors/) - As the prescription opioid epidemic expands to include heroin and other illicit drugs, jails and prisons are back in the barrel as dumping grounds of last resort. - [Teens: Cannabis and Vaping Up; Cigarettes Down](https://treatmentandrecoverysystems.com/teens-cannabis-and-vaping-up-cigarettes-down/) - In a 2017 US national survey teens reported increased use of cannabis and vaping, but lower rates of cigarette use. Cancer risk reduction is good news. 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