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In the past, we’ve flung opioids at the problem, and haven’t developed alternatives.

…tolerable when we’re talking about window fasteners or computer mice but surely not when the product in question directly affects our health or even our survival.

Her definition of social drinking was any alcohol consumed in the company of other human beings.

If someone is experiencing problems with pot, fine, get them help. But locking them up? Feels like smashing a bedbug with a sledgehammer.

Of course, left to its own devices, addiction often worsens.

That’s not a large percent of the user population, but it’s among the sickest. That along might be enough to justify the investment; I’m sure a number of lives have been saved along the way.

Not everybody wants to remain dependent on pain medication. But at present, we offer few if any alternatives to doing it on your own.

Naturally, high-energy entrepreneurs are attracted to stimulants. At least until they begin to experience the toxicity associated with too much of a good thing.

More likely the hope is to increase awareness of the risks, and encourage drinkers to limit consumption.

That’s not to say the perceptions of cannabis as health-improving aren’t important, but post-legalization, it’s mostly a marketing tool.