The Gray Lady Reconsiders
More Americans now use marijuana daily than alcohol.
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Alcohol may be the oldest. New ones are being invented every day. There are thousands, and keeping track of what they are and what they do isn’t easy.

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 23, 2026 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
More Americans now use marijuana daily than alcohol.
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 9, 2026 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 2, 2026 | Addiction | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 26, 2026 | Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 15, 2026 | Recovery | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 8, 2026 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 5, 2026 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
The end result is a trip to the Emergency Room and a stay in the ICU– if the user is lucky, that is.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 18, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
It must come as a shock to someone who’s been a regular user for a while, to suddenly without warning begin experiencing violent vomiting and pain.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 1, 2025 | Treatment | 0 |
…it seems an awful waste to miss out on an opportunity to address their alcohol and drug problems while they’re literally a ‘captive’ audience.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 17, 2025 | Addiction | 0 |
…a 24-fold increase in six short years. Almost all of it in the form of bets placed online. No casino, no off-track betting parlor required.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 10, 2025 | Addiction | 0 |
Unlike the gambler, casino owners and managers and online betting shops are in it for the money – and really, not much else.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 30, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Because of its extraordinary strength, shatter and its brother concentrates tend to attract more experienced users, in search of additional impact from drug use.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 27, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Overdose reversal where medetomidine is involved is complicated by the fact that an opioid antagonist (naloxone) isn’t effective.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 23, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
“The genetic analyses results (showed) that even small amounts of alcohol could increase dementia risk…”
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 25, 2025 | Recovery | 1 |
…isn’t TikTok and influencer culture undeniably afflicted with far too much of,that same “ambition and illegitimate pride” that AA’s founders felt they must avoid?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 22, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
It’s ridiculously simple to transport secretly, alongside legitimate cargo that comes across the border every day.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 18, 2025 | Recovery | 0 |
Even if the listener fails to respond to the message, the speaker will benefit from having shared it. When the two do connect, however, it can feel like a minor miracle.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 28, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
…many of the former treatment patients quickly developed the same problems with kratom that they had with alcohol or cocaine or heroin— compulsive use, loss of control, and continued use despite adverse consequences.
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