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A family physician in New Mexico mentioned having seen several new patients, all young, over the course of a few weeks – all of whom claimed to be on unusually high-doses of the drug, and seeking new prescriptions.
Posted by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 14, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
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Seriously, how dumb, or perhaps desperate, would a medical professional have to be to undertake something like this?
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Seriously, how dumb, or perhaps desperate, would a medical professional have to be to undertake something like this?
by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 8, 2024 | 0 |
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ALD (alcohol-related liver disease) in the United States is projected to cost $355 billion in direct healthcare-related costs and $525 billion in lost labor and economic consumption.
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 2, 2023 | 0 |
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...a number of years ago, the Institute of Medicine set forth guidelines intended to reduce the influence of advertising on how physicians prescribed medications... to date, relatively few physicians have actually adopted those guidelines.
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 11, 2024 | 0 |
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I’ve watched perfectly intelligent individuals devote months or years or even a lifetime to attempts at a solution other than the obvious one – abstinence from the substances that plague them.
by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 15, 2024 | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 18, 2024 | 0 |
I’ve watched perfectly intelligent individuals devote months or years or even a lifetime to attempts at a solution other than the obvious one – abstinence from the substances that plague them.
by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 4, 2024 | 0 |
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When I've seen people attempt to explain their motives, they usually blame it on the trust they had in their source -- whoever gave or sold it to them at the time. That trust was misplaced, they complain.
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 21, 2024 | 0 |
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If I had to recommend something, it would be for schools and parents to grab onto those evidence-based approaches and make them integral to your school culture.
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 18, 2021 | 0 |
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But if he feels he needs the medication to function normally, I see no reason for the rest of us to object. I mean, we don't want to disincentivize someone's recovery, do we?
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 1, 2024 | 0 |
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They found no clear correlation between cannabis use and a lessening of opioid dependence.
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 18, 2023 | 0 |
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We've known for several decades that regular exercise, even the mild sort, helps lessen symptoms of depression. It comes as no surprise that it may also help with CPS and the mood problems that accompany it.
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 2, 2023 | 0 |
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The term was invented in the 1930’s to describe someone prone to becoming psychotic or severely disturbed under stress, but who otherwise was capable of functioning normally.
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 12, 2022 | 0 |
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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.
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 26, 2022 | 0 |
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We've known for several decades that regular exercise, even the mild sort, helps lessen symptoms of depression. It comes as no surprise that it may also help with CPS and the mood problems that accompany it.
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 22, 2022 | 0 |
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If 70% or more of a jail population has been identified as having a drug or alcohol problem – that does happen – then what you’re really operating is a treatment center that happens to have bars on the windows and guards at the entrance.
by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 18, 2021 | 0 |
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In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
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In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
by Brad Reedy | Dec 10, 2018 | 0 |
by Jason Hyland | May 21, 2018 | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 14, 2016 | 1 |
It certainly makes sense that if you suffer from a major mental illness, you should stay away from pot.
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 14, 2014 | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 18, 2013 | 4 |
People have abused opiates for 5,000 years. As much as medicine depends on them, they've always created problems for a percentage of users.