C. Scott McMillin | Recovery SI

Proposing a Plan

Posted by C. Scott McMillin | May 23, 2019 | Prevention, Public Policy, Treatment | 0 |

This is in part a course correction from the trend of several decades ago, when the emphasis was on cutting expenses in the naive belief all addicts could be successfully treated on an outpatient basis.

Coercion in Massachusetts

Posted by C. Scott McMillin | May 20, 2019 | Public Policy, Treatment | 0 |

I compare it to finding someone lying on the sidewalk, helping them up, brushing them off, and pushing them down again.

Cruising With Cannabis

Posted by C. Scott McMillin | May 16, 2019 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

There’s not a lot of disagreement about the potential for cannabis intoxication to impair driving performance, though without an accepted standard and a reliable roadside test, it’s not of much value in a courtroom.