About those prescribed stimulants…
...new data suggest that even those who think they are using their stimulant medications as directed may be at risk of substance use disorder
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Watch Out for ‘Vitamin K’
Now that more of the widely abused anesthetic is in circulation for so-called ‘recreational’ purposes, new (and strange) consequences have begun to emerge.
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Colombia Wants to Legalize Coke Worldwide
…back in the USA– drug overdose deaths ‘involving’ cocaine have risen steadily over the past decade,
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Ayahuasca Bros
What is it about having consumed hallucinogenic tea in a remote forest clearing, and as a result, spending the next few hours first vomiting, then hallucinating, and finally alternating between euphoria and intense fear, that could possibly transform the user into better, more effective corporate leader?
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How’s Your Memory Working?
As it turned out, that old stereotype of the pothead who can’t recall what you just said? There’s some truth to it.
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The Pot Docs
The real aim was always making recreational use fully legal.
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Aging in Recovery
She emphasizes how much stigma is encountered by older recovering persons in the healthcare system.
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Heard of HPPD?
A whole range of psychedelic substances can apparently trigger HPPD
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Meds for Drinking Problems?
…the main challenge for all these meds is “medication adherence.” Translation: patients stop taking them.
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More folks talking recovery
…it’s a common dilemma for many people in her situation — do I really have to give up alcohol forever?
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The Psychonaut as CEO
It appears to attract younger CEO’s from industries such as technology, entertainment, and high finance. It’s here that we encounter language such as ‘visioning’, ‘aspirationalizing’, and ‘future-proofing’, whatever that may be.
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Cannabis as Commerce
…we made a popular drug of abuse legal, widely available in shops and online, and proceed to market the heck out of it– did we really think that the number of users would go down?
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Those Pesky Control Strategies
…(a) common tactic is to swear off alcohol entirely for the duration of the Holiday season. Then, having ‘proved’ to oneself (and, hopefully, to others) that you can abstain, you promptly go right back to drinking.
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