The Nausea Solution
Of the patients I met, all decided on aversion therapy for essentially the same reason: they’d tried other things, experienced relapse, and lost patience.
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What works? For who? What doesn’t? Why? A complicated disease makes for complexities in treatment.
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Do Supplements Help?
“The patient will probably go ahead and take them anyway,” a nurse practitioner told me. “Because some friend swore by the stuff.”
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Is it Just Capitalism?
I think it was hard for most of us to accept that elements within business, industry, and even government were deliberately influencing Mike’s choice.
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Opioid Tapering
Of more than 9000 Veterans Administration patients, only one-quarter rated their pain control with opioids as excellent or very good.
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The Return of Methamphetamine
“Heroin withdrawal is like a really awful bout of the flu,” one former patient, a screenwriter, told me. “Getting off methadone, that feels like dying.”
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Different Disorders?
Many of the differences in the experience of alcohol and heroin addiction are due to their respective status in the eyes of the law.
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Kids Learn About Drugs
Avoid arguments about the fairness/unfairness of our drug laws. They’ve never made much sense, and they distract from the real issues.
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Elder and Addicted
For many people, however, including helping professionals, it’s tempting to just give up
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The Vape Ban That Wasn’t
Corporations will fight dirty if necessary to protect their investment. That includes in the political arena.
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Opioids in International Relations
Voter perception and the fear of a public relations black eye is always a motivating factor in politics.
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Legalization’s Impact on Cannabis Use Disorders (CUD)
Occasional use is not the problem. Trouble increases dramatically, however, with heavier use.
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Walls and Fences
What we really need most are substantive changes on the demand side.
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Cannabis and Mental Health
Even if it turns out to be ineffective for patients, buying cannabis products certainly gives a boost to the sales figures.
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