Australians Get Drunk A Lot
From the alcoholic beverage industry’s viewpoint, the pandemic has a pronounced silver lining. Sales are up and allegedly likely to continue at higher levels even as the pandemic finally fades.
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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Fake Pills Redux
Some genuinely bad news: a larger-than-usual share of the fakes are likely to exceed the two-milligram threshold for a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. As many as two in five, according to DEA.
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Competition for the Booze Dollar
…we represent that large segment of drinkers for whom the alcohol industry’s American “success story” turned out to be more like a bad dream.
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Overdose by Skin Contact?
But then I remembered that many in law enforcement had never accepted the opinion of medical experts on the issue.
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Alcohol and Cancer: Who Knew?
Americans have spent the last year indulging in more drinking than before, blaming it on the pandemic, lockdowns, etc. Are we really ready to give that up?
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The Caffeine Conundrum
Some years back, before the Modern Coffee Era began, there was a movement among alcohol and drug rehabs to eliminate caffeinated beverages entirely.
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More Testing Blues
I point out that my job is to pay attention to the available evidence and at the moment, that’s a test result that says something different.
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Those Cannabis Concentrates
Nobody knows where to draw the line, however, between light and heavy use. That’s in part because the research is so far behind when it comes to cannabis.
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Revisiting D8
Maybe less potent (we hope), but for now, it’s sitting there on the convenience store counter, in brightly colored packages with kid-friendly names.
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A Question of Content
It probably wouldn’t occur to the average American to ask the local casino for information on the risks of gambling, but cannabis consumers seem willing to rely on industry websites for the truth about that drug.
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How Potent is Your Pot?
Compare it to the corner dealer arguing that if he didn’t supply his customers, someone else would. Worse, they might be less scrupulous than he is.
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Canadian Cannabusiness
Cannabusinesses and their investor groups are agitating for relaxation of some restrictions, particularly around opening stores in certain areas, and on advertising.
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Second Hand Pot Smoke
…cannabis, particularly in the more potent forms that characterize contemporary use, does alter how people think and feel.
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