Managing Withdrawal from Stimulants
If you aren’t yet aware of it, ASAM has provided a handy set of guidelines for physicians and other professionals in managing stimulant withdrawal syndromes in practice.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
Europeans Drink, Too
Lobbying by the alcohol industry is also an issue in Europe. That won’t surprise us in America.
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Super-Meth?
The NYT article did strike me as, well, a bit histrionic in tone, along the lines of the early media pieces about crack following the death of basketball star Len Bias.
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Gas Station Heroin, Again
I can’t help thinking that unintentional ODs would be fairly common, since the recommended doses on the product label would be, well, unreliable.
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Still Counting Drinks, Eh?
In practical terms, it’s far more helpful for a working counselor to focus on the problems that result, directly or indirectly, from high-intensity drinking, than on the amounts themselves.
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