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...real progress has been made -- especially with the most challenging population, the very chronic, relapsing, “street" drug user.
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“It was never a problem”
That’s important in a treatment context, because a history of multiple drug use means they will be tempted to focus on one substance — their “drug of choice”, whatever they may feel that is — while minimizing the importance of the others.
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Another wave of OD?
“Overdose deaths from carfentanil…[increased] from 29 between January and June 2023 to 238 in that same period in 2024.” That’s a heck of a year-over-year increase, although it still represents only a small percentage of total fatalities.
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You Too Can Be A VIP
VIP gambling programs designed to provide an extra special experience for a certain type of gambler, identified as a prime candidate for further exploitation.
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Antidepressants under fire?
“Kennedy has long expressed skepticism about antidepressants, especially (SSRIs), questioning their safety and suggesting they are as addictive as heroin.”
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Watch Out for ‘Vitamin K’
Now that more of the widely abused anesthetic is in circulation for so-called ‘recreational’ purposes, new (and strange) consequences have begun to emerge.
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Colombia Wants to Legalize Coke Worldwide
…back in the USA– drug overdose deaths ‘involving’ cocaine have risen steadily over the past decade,
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Ayahuasca Bros
What is it about having consumed hallucinogenic tea in a remote forest clearing, and as a result, spending the next few hours first vomiting, then hallucinating, and finally alternating between euphoria and intense fear, that could possibly transform the user into better, more effective corporate leader?
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How’s Your Memory Working?
As it turned out, that old stereotype of the pothead who can’t recall what you just said? There’s some truth to it.
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The Pot Docs
The real aim was always making recreational use fully legal.
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Aging in Recovery
She emphasizes how much stigma is encountered by older recovering persons in the healthcare system.
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Heard of HPPD?
A whole range of psychedelic substances can apparently trigger HPPD
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Meds for Drinking Problems?
…the main challenge for all these meds is “medication adherence.” Translation: patients stop taking them.
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