A Cult Phenomenon
...along with its newfound respectability, the widespread use of psychedelic drugs in therapy and for spiritual growth has attracted some pretty unscrupulous individuals.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 31, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
...along with its newfound respectability, the widespread use of psychedelic drugs in therapy and for spiritual growth has attracted some pretty unscrupulous individuals.
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 28, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 21, 2025 | Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 10, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 3, 2025 | Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 23, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | May 29, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
The NYT article did strike me as, well, a bit histrionic in tone, along the lines of the early media pieces about crack following the death of basketball star Len Bias.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 26, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
I can’t help thinking that unintentional ODs would be fairly common, since the recommended doses on the product label would be, well, unreliable.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 15, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
It’s easy to understand how primates and other animals discovered fermentation — it happens naturally when fruit is left to lay around.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 12, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
What is the psilocybin content of any particular dried mushroom? Does anybody know?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 8, 2025 | Addiction | 0 |
Incarceration alone is almost never very effective— in fact, drinking may well resume the day the offender is released.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 5, 2025 | Treatment | 0 |
…real progress has been made — especially with the most challenging population, the very chronic, relapsing, “street” drug user.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 1, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
That sounds expensive and time-consuming, which would make it less attractive to third-party payers such as insurance companies.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 24, 2025 | Treatment | 0 |
Target client for these operations is the chronic daily user, mostly but not exclusively of opioids, and that’s a difficult population for such programs to work with.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 21, 2025 | Treatment | 0 |
A user could count on a better exchange rate for the Safer Supply medication, whether in cash or illicit heroin, fentanyl, whatever.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 10, 2025 | Addiction | 0 |
…new data suggest that even those who think they are using their stimulant medications as directed may be at risk of substance use disorder
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 3, 2025 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
She wasn’t being entirely altruistic– she did charge participants a cool five hundred dollars apiece– but it’s reasonable to assume that she meant well, with no intent to cause harm.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 27, 2025 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
That’s important in a treatment context, because a history of multiple drug use means they will be tempted to focus on one substance — their “drug of choice”, whatever they may feel that is — while minimizing the importance of the others.
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