Category: Addictive Substances

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.

Addictive Substances

The Return of Methamphetamine

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 6, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

"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."

The Vape Ban That Wasn’t

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 5, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
Cannabis and Mental Health

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 18, 2019 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |
Skunked

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 7, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Fentanyl Goes West

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 30, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Health | 0 |
CBD Oil and Its Risks

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 2, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |

Esketamine Second Thoughts

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 4, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

The first trials did not demonstrate effectiveness beyond placebo. So the FDA allowed a third trial which apparently did, at least a little.

Stimulants Today

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 17, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Health | 0 |

The list of deaths from the practice is long and oddly prestigious, featuring celebs such as John Belushi and Chris Farley, among many others.

Microdosers

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 6, 2019 | Addiction Clinicians, Addictive Substances | 0 |

If the dose is in fact subtherapeutic, then what causes the effects so enthusiastically reported by the user?

Is Cannabis Addictive?

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 3, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

The best answer is the one we came up with to explain the selectivity of alcoholism: Differences in individual susceptibility.

In the News: Magical Mushrooms

by C. Scott McMillin | May 27, 2019 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |

Will society benefit from greater access to this drug? Are there potential problems we haven’t anticipated?

Edible Alert

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 15, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |

…despite the rapid growth in new cases, the number still doesn’t equal alcohol.

The New Herbalists

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 8, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |

Unbeknownst to the patient, the CBD products they also use could affect how well those prescribed medicines work, or interact with them in unhelpful ways.