Look Out for Nos
Recently empty tanks labeled N2O have begun turning up in the debris left by revelers at some events.
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The Natural History of Recovery – Cannabis
That reminded me of the advice given to newcomers who thought they didn’t need treatment, to “give it your best shot, and if things don’t work out, come back and see us.”
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Fentanyl Sneaks In
There’s a long history of people dying from the cocaine-opioid combo, commonly known as a ‘speedball’. The actor John Belushi is one. Philip Seymour Hoffman, River Phoenix are others. We could go on.
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The Juul Ban
Unobtrusive, easy to conceal, it wouldn’t draw notice from teachers and bosses the way it would if you fired up a Kool in class. For another, it comes in all sorts of kid-friendly flavors, including Crème Brulee
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A Bad Outcome– and Avoidable
It may be that psychotherapy itself needs greater definition. The National Institutes for Mental Health define it online as “a term for a variety of treatment techniques that aim to help a person identify and change troubling emotions, thoughts, and behavior.”
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No More Nicotine?
CDC reports that tobacco use is “…the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the U.S.” Nothing else comes close…
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An Awful Withdrawal
I’d argue that for many years, we paid too much attention to acute withdrawal and too little to the other aspects of opioid recovery, especially relapse prevention.
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It Sure Sounds Like Hazing
“It helps recruit students if the college has a reputation as someplace you can party,” he said. “But nobody wants to be known as the place where kids are likely to get in trouble. That scares away the parents.”
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New CDC Guidelines, & Thoughts on the Opioid Epidemic
Purdue and the others may have settled their lawsuits, but the victims, and the professionals who treat them, will be paying the price for a long time to come.
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Is Cannabis Effective for OUD?
I wish cannabis was effective for the treatment of opioid disorders. I mean, we could use the help. But so far, it doesn’t appear to qualify.
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Pot for PTSD – Does It Help?
The less good news, if I can call it that, is that none of the three was found to be more effective than our old friend, placebo.
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The Meth Mess – Oman coming
…one past error has been to overemphasize the more glamorous supply side interventions – interdiction and law enforcement – while paying much less attention to the demand side of the bargain.
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The New Stoners
People with well-established patterns of use (including frequent users) have probably learned to self-medicate the discomfort of withdrawal by using more cannabis.
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