Life in a Hot Spot
Make it a continuing effort, using strategies based in evidence, and harnessing the power of human interaction-- instead of relying on a burst of anti-drug education, however intense.
Category: Prevention
Addiction clinicians ROCK! It’s a complex field and evolving all the time. But some tried-and-true tools will never go out of date. Strategies, tips, and even a laugh or two.
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Opioids in International Relations
Voter perception and the fear of a public relations black eye is always a motivating factor in politics.
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Walls and Fences
What we really need most are substantive changes on the demand side.
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Mission Not Accomplished
It’s a real challenge for the folks on the ground to fit their reality into the prescribed format of a Federal grant.
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Proposing a Plan
This is in part a course correction from the trend of several decades ago, when the emphasis was on cutting expenses in the naive belief all addicts could be successfully treated on an outpatient basis.
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About Drinking and Smoking
We will have to deal with electronic smoking, which has exploded among young people even as cigarette use has declined.
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Dayton Gets Results
We should remember that Ohio’s Republican governor had to go against the wishes of many in his own party in order to achieve this.
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Proactive is the Key
Not Latin American cartels or Afghan warlords, but advocates for opioid treatment of chronic pain, and pharmaceutical firms with a substantial financial interest in selling opioids.
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Opioid Evangelism
It’s these outdated attitudes towards addictions that enable the healthcare professional to ignore important information provided by the patient.
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In the News: Going Postal
Traditional middle class jobs with career prospects replaced by a lower-paid, less stable workforce– perhaps more vulnerable to outside influence?
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Prison as a Strategy
The theory is that the more users we put in jail or prison, the fewer left out on the street. So why hasn’t that substantially reduced arrest and overdose statistics?
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In the News: Drug War Reboot?
…if this type of strategy didn’t succeed 30 years ago, what makes us think it’ll be a success this time around?
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In The News: 56 Recommendations and Nothing On
When he speaks, he reminds me of others I’ve known who come from families that fought and lost a battle with addictive disease.
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