Cannabis News: Good, and Not-So-Good
By the standards of today’s marijuana user, that ain’t very high. Lots of folks out there who I imagine routinely exceed that.
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.
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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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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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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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Fentanyl Goes West
It’s Business 101, for illegal as well as legal enterprises.
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CBD Oil and Its Risks
That we have such a large and growing community of frequent users is a tribute not to evidence, but to hype.
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Esketamine Second Thoughts
The first trials did not demonstrate effectiveness beyond placebo. So the FDA allowed a third trial which apparently did, at least a little.
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Stimulants Today
The list of deaths from the practice is long and oddly prestigious, featuring celebs such as John Belushi and Chris Farley, among many others.
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Microdosers
If the dose is in fact subtherapeutic, then what causes the effects so enthusiastically reported by the user?
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Is Cannabis Addictive?
The best answer is the one we came up with to explain the selectivity of alcoholism: Differences in individual susceptibility.
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In the News: Magical Mushrooms
Will society benefit from greater access to this drug? Are there potential problems we haven’t anticipated?
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Edible Alert
…despite the rapid growth in new cases, the number still doesn’t equal alcohol.
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