A Most Unsatisfactory Ending
A Purdue lawyer said most of the lawsuits against the company over opioids did not include specific financial claims. But the ones in those that did totalled over $40tn in damages.
Peyote Blues
Easy to see how given the right combination of circumstances, it could be wiped out in a relatively short period.
Continuing the theme of choices we might come to regret, we have this, courtesy of The Washington Post:
In a first, FDA authorizes fruit-flavored vapes for adults
The keyword in that sentence being adults. The FDA has bet on the ability of the makers and sellers of vaping devices to enforce strict limits on use by anyone who doesn’t qualify as a grown-up.
Good luck with that, I say. You’ll need it.
The obstacle: Fruit-flavored vapes are precisely the sort to attract the most interest from the young. That’s why they were prohibited in the first place: to keep them out of the hands of underage users.
Now mango and blueberry- flavored vapes will appear on convenience store counters, along with two other previously prohibited products flavored with menthol.
I’d be surprised if there aren’t more to come — perhaps introducing a new flavor every few months, to attract the curious, the way some cookie companies do.
Menthol-flavored vapes were prohibited because...
In a first, FDA authorizes fruit-flavored vapes for adults
The keyword in that sentence being adults. The FDA has bet on the ability of the makers and sellers of vaping devices to enforce strict limits on use by anyone who doesn’t qualify as a grown-up.
Good luck with that, I say. You’ll need it.
The obstacle: Fruit-flavored vapes are precisely the sort to attract the most interest from the young. That’s why they were prohibited in the first place: to keep them out of the hands of underage users.
Now mango and blueberry- flavored vapes will appear on convenience store counters, along with two other previously prohibited products flavored with menthol.
I’d be surprised if there aren’t more to come — perhaps introducing a new flavor every few months, to attract the curious, the way some cookie companies do.
Menthol-flavored vapes were prohibited because...
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A Most Unsatisfactory Ending
A Purdue lawyer said most of the lawsuits against the company over opioids did not include specific financial claims. But the ones in those that did totalled over $40tn in damages.
A Big Bet on an Uncertain Future
...simply relocating a common human and societal problem online is only going to expand its scope, and with that, the sheer number of problems it will inevitably create.
A New Czar at ONDCP
...newly appointed Drug Czar is Sara Carter, a 45 year-old investigative journalist best known for her reporting on the US-Mexico border, and her appearances as a contributor on the Fox News Network
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Bad Call on Vaping
Where did all this “pressure” come from? You guessed it: The White House, in response, it appears, to the desperate appeals from industry lobbyists
Addicted to Exercise?
Like addicts deprived of their drug of choice, the compulsive exerciser may report a deep sense of loss, accompanied by symptoms such as sleeplessness, irritability, depression, anxiety.
Bad Call on Vaping
Where did all this “pressure” come from? You guessed it: The White House, in response, it appears, to the desperate appeals from industry lobbyists
Life in a Hot Spot
Make it a continuing effort, using strategies based in evidence, and harnessing the power of human interaction-- instead of relying on a burst of anti-drug education, however intense.
The Storytellers
One young man explained that he avoided speaker meetings because the “drunkalogues” he heard triggered in him an awful craving for a drink.
PAP or Pill?
Those humble antidepressants have their own advantages, of course. For one thing, they’re likely to be cheaper, more readily available.
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Overdiagnosed?
She wasn’t seeking medication for the disorder. She was simply using ADHD as a way to understand some of the mysteries of her past behavior.
Overdiagnosed?
She wasn’t seeking medication for the disorder. She was simply using ADHD as a way to understand some of the mysteries of her past behavior.
Parenting Under The Influence
Children raised in such families are more likely to be exposed to violence, to initiate their own substance use at an earlier age, and to have mental health problems in childhood.
Is This Recovery?
...there are other folks out there like these— pretending to sobriety yet still secretly using, and hoping to avoid the sort of trouble that haunted them in the past.
Officers in the House
...with law enforcement agencies taking on vastly different roles, planning and practicing our response appears more important than in the past.
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A Novel Approach
...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.
A Novel Approach
...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.
Diagnosing Cannabis Use Disorder: Updated
It certainly makes sense that if you suffer from a major mental illness, you should stay away from pot.
Video: Practical Advice on Prescription Painkiller Problems
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.
