A Tough Task – Policing Sports
...the sports gambling industry continues to expand, much of the growth coming among the young, helping to create a whole new generation of problem gamblers.
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One of the oldest diseases in the world, and we still don’t know as much as we should about its causes, effects, and how to treat it- much less cure it. What we do know, and what we’re learning, ends up here:
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Fentanyl Walking
I get the impression that the possibility of collateral damage from the practice — I’m talking about a rash of overdose fatalities in our communities–– was not a primary concern for those who planned this operation.
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We Don’t Want A New Drug
It’s an opioid, naturally. Synthetic in origin, probably highly addictive, if it doesn’t kill the user first — which it will probably do.
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The Money Behind The “Miracles”
…a young entrepreneur explained to me that medical use was never the ultimate goal of those who sought to commercialize psychedelic drugs. Therapy was fine, he claimed, but the real value lies in the potential for great wealth.
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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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