Is there a role for cannabis in OUD Treatment?
They found no clear correlation between cannabis use and a lessening of opioid dependence.
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What works? For who? What doesn’t? Why? A complicated disease makes for complexities in treatment.
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 15, 2024 | Treatment | 0 |
They found no clear correlation between cannabis use and a lessening of opioid dependence.
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 18, 2023 | Treatment | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 7, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
It may be that psychotherapy itself needs greater definition. The National Institutes for Mental Health define it online as “a term for a variety of treatment techniques that aim to help a person identify and change troubling emotions, thoughts, and behavior.”
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 12, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
It’s clear that in addition to all the helpful services and programs, the Lummi are also willing to make use of available leverage when necessary to gain compliance.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 31, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
“How many fewer days?” was my question. Looks like about 10%.
So if the subject ordinarily drank every day, they eliminated one drinking day in ten?
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 28, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
For me, it was encouraging to see how far science has come in its understanding of the neurological underpinnings of alcoholism.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 3, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
You’d be surprised how much laughter occurs, mostly at oneself. People feel supported, instead of judged.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 14, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
If Medicaid, for instance, expanded approval of naltrexone injections to include methamphetamine, that would make the combination more useful to addiction treatment.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 26, 2021 | Treatment | 0 |
Once the patient gained insight, the theory went, the drive to abuse drugs or alcohol gradually disappears.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 19, 2021 | Treatment | 0 |
Risk goes up with advancing age and declining health, and this patient, a former star athlete still in his early 30’s, is a better candidate for surgery than many.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 24, 2021 | Treatment | 0 |
You want to see what PTSD is really about? Do room checks on these wards at night. Nobody here ever gets a decent night’s sleep. It’s a succession of nightmares.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 24, 2021 | Programs, Treatment | 0 |
How could any treatment program anywhere assure its customers that drugs and alcohol were behind them once for all?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 1, 2021 | Treatment | 0 |
One valid issue in the admission process for all three tiers is who makes the decision. If it’s the consumer, then are they under the influence? In the grip of withdrawal? In crisis, emotionally disturbed?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 22, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
So why hasn’t cannabis already prevented them from developing a severe opioid problem?
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