Nauseous
...the numbers are almost certain to rise. The combination of greater availability and increasing use of extra-high THC content products makes that conclusion inescapable.
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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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No, Recovery Isn’t Easy
The reality is, there are significant barriers to overcome. One of the more common ones is that pesky internal debate over whether or not one is really, truly, addicted.
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What Is It About Abstinence?
I’ve watched perfectly intelligent individuals devote months or years or even a lifetime to attempts at a solution other than the obvious one – abstinence from the substances that plague them.
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Pink Cocaine, it isn’t
When I’ve seen people attempt to explain their motives, they usually blame it on the trust they had in their source — whoever gave or sold it to them at the time. That trust was misplaced, they complain.
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The Bill Comes Due
ALD (alcohol-related liver disease) in the United States is projected to cost $355 billion in direct healthcare-related costs and $525 billion in lost labor and economic consumption.
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The Dementia Dilemma
I suppose none of her staff or colleagues thought of seeking professional help. An intervention, for instance. Or perhaps they considered it but decided it was not their place to interfere. Maybe they were scared of her reaction. People around the drinker often are.
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In-Zyn-ity
Do I need to point out that although less harmful than polluting your lungs and body with tobacco smoke, nicotine pouches aren’t exactly good for the user’s health?
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Kratom, Once Again
Does this remind anyone of the ‘grass roots’ movement that arose to lobby Congress for reduced restriction on long-term opioid prescribing for chronic pain patients?
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A Success, but with Complications
But if he feels he needs the medication to function normally, I see no reason for the rest of us to object. I mean, we don’t want to disincentivize someone’s recovery, do we?
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Why It’s Hard to Quit Smoking
Understandably, there’s a real incentive for science or business to come up with an easier, softer alternative to actually giving up smoking, as opposed to the universally accepted method of well, simply stopping.
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The Price of Gambling
That’s what I’d be interested in seeing. A rich industry sharing more of its wealth with the people who become its victims.
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Stimulants and success in treatment
“I guess that proves that no meth is still better for you than using less meth.”
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The Pot Paradox
“… Is [cannabis] good for you? It’s hard to find the literature that suggests that. Is it neutral for you? Maybe, for some people. Is it harmful for some people? Absolutely.”
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