Update on Pot-related DWI…
Apparently, cannabis testing yields an unacceptable number of false positive results.
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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“Scromiting”
It must come as a shock to someone who’s been a regular user for a while, to suddenly without warning begin experiencing violent vomiting and pain.
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Shatter and Dab
Because of its extraordinary strength, shatter and its brother concentrates tend to attract more experienced users, in search of additional impact from drug use.
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Hard to say, but good to know
Overdose reversal where medetomidine is involved is complicated by the fact that an opioid antagonist (naloxone) isn’t effective.
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A Link with Dementia
“The genetic analyses results (showed) that even small amounts of alcohol could increase dementia risk…”
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Golden Triangles
It’s ridiculously simple to transport secretly, alongside legitimate cargo that comes across the border every day.
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Here We Go Again (Kratom)
…many of the former treatment patients quickly developed the same problems with kratom that they had with alcohol or cocaine or heroin— compulsive use, loss of control, and continued use despite adverse consequences.
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Ketamine Slumber
As with other fast- growing, largely unregulated new healthcare industries, observers are getting concerned about a rising number of incidents, some quite serious.
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A Cult Phenomenon
…along with its newfound respectability, the widespread use of psychedelic drugs in therapy and for spiritual growth has attracted some pretty unscrupulous individuals.
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An Odd Situation Indeed
“…Patients who test negative, and their clinicians, may have a false sense of security about use of opioids…” Something that we know from long, long experience can be dangerous.
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Odds & Ends from Pot Nation
To date, we continue to lack a widely- used, effective roadside method for detecting cannabis impaired driving.
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Yet Another Ancient Hallucinogen, Reborn
…ibogaine has been associated with “… serious adverse effects that can occur due to undiagnosed health conditions and/or concomitant use of other drugs.” As well as 33 recorded deaths.
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Super-Meth?
The NYT article did strike me as, well, a bit histrionic in tone, along the lines of the early media pieces about crack following the death of basketball star Len Bias.
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