C. Scott McMillin | Recovery SI

The Struggle to Maintain

Posted by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 23, 2014 | Families | 0 |

For many, only age and health issues, or an unanticipated dip in that protective tolerance, were enough to finally motivate them to seek help.

Heroin is certainly an addictive substance, so why didn’t all the subjects continue using it?

It’s the stigma that creates the distinction, not the distinction that creates the stigma.

Posted by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 13, 2014 | Public Policy | 2 |

“If you can’t measure something, you can’t do science with it, and in addictions, we just can’t measure things as well as we need to.”

Its extra potency makes it attractive to someone looking to get high but tolerant to the effects of ordinary pot.