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

About Fentanyl…

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 31, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

The cartels have that giant distribution network, capable of moving product on a massive scale.

Labeling Benzos

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 15, 2020 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
Vaping Reaches the Big Time

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 24, 2020 | Addictive Substances, Resources | 0 |
Psychedelics in Psychotherapy

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 17, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians, Addictive Substances | 0 |
Excited Delirium? Ketamine on the Street

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 14, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Pot is Hot

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 20, 2020 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |

Who’s Dropping Acid

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 16, 2020 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |

It’s likely because of all the favorable attention that hallucinogens have received in the popular media.

Higher and Higher

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 4, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

Not completely unexpectedly, the research team found that using the more potent forms substantially increased the risk for cannabis use disorders (CUDs in the US), as well as anxiety disorders.

Cannabis News: Good, and Not-So-Good

by C. Scott McMillin | May 7, 2020 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |

By the standards of today’s marijuana user, that ain’t very high. Lots of folks out there who I imagine routinely exceed that.

Crack Mad

by C. Scott McMillin | May 4, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

It’s crime of the sort you expect to find in a Quentin Tarantino movie but I’ve come to associate over the years with cocaine, crack, meth, and other stimulants.

Opioids in the Era of Covid-19

by Cecile | Apr 27, 2020 | Addictive Substances, Public Health | 0 |

I don’t think anybody, including me, realized 7 or 8 years ago just how intimately involved Big Pharma and its offshoots were in the phenomenal escalation of drug abuse in West Virginia.

Have a Safe Trip…

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 20, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

One expert observed that “the current trend towards ‘micro-dosing’ (consuming tiny amounts of psychedelic drugs to improve creativity)… may have a strong placebo component due to widespread cultural expectations that frame the response.”