Harm Reduction x3
Because such approaches may not aim to get people off drugs – in some ways, it’s an acknowledgment that they probably won’t, regardless of our efforts – such programs can face opposition.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
In the Wilderness
I doubt ‘tough love’ was ever meant to be that tough. It’s all in how the programs interpret it.
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When ketamine isn’t the cure…
If 25% of patients in studies either 1) didn’t benefit or 2) had a negative experience, perhaps even a terrifying one– that’s a lot.
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Self-Diagnosis
Most of the time, there’s an extended period in which the drinker is engaged in something called ‘comparing out’. That’s when they’re focused on what isn’t wrong with their drinking, and ignoring or minimizing what is.
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Death Letter
The researchers were interested in whether receipt of such a letter would cause the physician to be more cautious in prescribing in future. The answer: It did.
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