Addicted to Exercise?
Like addicts deprived of their drug of choice, the compulsive exerciser may report a deep sense of loss, accompanied by symptoms such as sleeplessness, irritability, depression, anxiety.
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Withdrawal Management, in Practice
Now detox has become withdrawal management, and the cookie-cutter approach is no more.
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Detox versus Withdrawal Management
…since addiction has been and probably will continue to be heavily stigmatized in some parts of society, most users will go it alone at least once.
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Update on Pot-related DWI…
Apparently, cannabis testing yields an unacceptable number of false positive results.
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Undercounted?
Seriously, where’s the incentive to put out a product that could potentially kill your best customers? How in the world could that be considered a smart business move?
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RFKjr. & the toilet seat
…once it is firmly in the past, it should no longer qualify as evidence of incompetence in the future. Better to treat it as part of the long road towards recovery
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The Gray Lady Reconsiders
More Americans now use marijuana daily than alcohol.
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Odds & Ends, Cannabis Edition
A recent analysis of “..more than 55,000 adults based on their participation in panels between 2013 to 2022 found that after legalization of cannabis, their monthly usage rose 3.9%…”
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Yet Another Celebrity Overdose
Expansion of Medicaid has greatly improved things for those at the low end, but we seem to have greater difficulty coming up with a decent solution for the crazy stuff that can sometimes happen at the very top.
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Your Program’s CUT! Or maybe not…
Their appeal was based on the extreme need of the American people for programs that worked and deserved to be continued rather than sacrificed to the gods of the budget.
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How Many is Too Many?
After all, they call this a “relapsing” disorder.
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The Menace of Disposable Vapes
“Disposable” means the devices can neither be recharged nor refilled. They exist to supply an addictive drug to repeat customers, preferably on a daily basis, quite possibly over a lifetime.
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More on Medetomidine
The end result is a trip to the Emergency Room and a stay in the ICU– if the user is lucky, that is.
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