Nico Warriors
...nicotine has definite health consequences of its own. One major problem is that it’s addictive. Nicotine users develop tolerance and dependence, and a pronounced withdrawal syndrome that can be difficult to endure.
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Epidemiology, mortality, prevention, public investment and costs vs. benefits. When it comes to public health, addiction ticks all the boxes.
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It’s Baaaack….Quaalude
…the virtual elimination of methaqualone from the streets is often touted as THE outstanding success story for law-enforcement in its efforts to stem the flow of drugs. A multi-agency campaign led by the DEA proved so effective that Quaalude seemed to simply disappear from the American drug scene.
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AI Screening for OUD
My guess: Superior nagging by the AI, in the form of alerts and reminders, resulted in better physician follow through.
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The Changing Face of CHS
CHS may not be diagnosed, however, because heavy users of cannabis tend to minimize that when questioned by the doctor.
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The Brad Pitt Experience
It’s a familiar path that countless others have trod before him. For most of them, things didn’t turn out too well. I’m sure he knows that. We all know that, don’t we?
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AUD and CUD
A significant percent who enter treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), will also have a moderate to severe problem with cannabis, although they may not recognize that.
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GLP-1 for Drinkers?
The vast majority of those patients would eventually be discharged with no mention at all of the role alcohol played in their hospitalization. That’s stigma in action.
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RFKJr. and the Pouch
“Pouch” nicotine is a synthetic form of the drug that has been enhanced for rapid absorption and speedy delivery to the brain — changes that render it far more addictive.
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Here’s What Happens When You Stop
Even simply reducing alcohol consumption to low levels without full abstinence nonetheless increased cortical brain volume.
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An ADHD-maxxer
Those signs and symptoms happen to be shared by most people who arrive in treatment for opioid or alcohol or stimulant disorders. They’re behaviors that clinicians use to help them identify addictive disorders in their patients.
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He’d Rather Die?
Someone as enmeshed in the disease as this drinker may have lost, at least temporarily, the ability to make the right decision.
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What We Can Learn from Estonia
…the situation has improved, mostly because of renewed efforts on the demand side. Estonia adopted harm reduction strategies used effectively in other countries, such as take-home naloxone; ready access to MAT; and efforts to destigmatize drug use and drug users.
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Split Over Kratom
…both the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security have “strong ties to a kratom lobbyist (and convicted criminal) behind a notorious kratom drinks company.”
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