A near-catastrophe, featuring psilocybin
...it’s a fairly typical example of delusional thinking. Incredibly dangerous when the person was psychosis is flying an airplane.
Category: Thinking About Addiction
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Those Pesky Narcosubs
…surviving an ocean voyage in these vehicles is far from guaranteed. And if the sub sinks, the cargo sinks with it.
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An Uptick in Teen Suicide
…suicide rates in this age cohort have increased by more than 60%, just since 2005.
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Drugged Driving: an update
One thing is completely clear: Cannabis use does contribute to driver impairment, and increases risk for accidents and fatalities.
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The Scottish Problem
As for treatment, the best estimate I could find was that 40% of Scotland’s chronic drug users were enrolled in programs, as opposed to 60% in England.
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OMG- A Conspiracy?
I won’t attempt to translate that into dollars of lost revenue, but I imagine it’s a considerable sum.
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That Myth About Wine
Basically, it’s not the people who drink zero alcohol who get sick; it’s that people who are sick tend to give up alcohol.
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Will It Ever End?
…he had become a prime target for exploitation by some truly awful people.
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A Bad Cut, at a Bad Time
Lives are at stake. We can’t rely on hunches. We need facts.
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Not Necessarily Good News
…Trump’s order also calls on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to defund addiction programs that include “harm reduction.”
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A Complicated Question
…would prospective parents be dissuaded from giving birth in the hospital, fearing their newborn would be taken from them, and instead choose to have the birth in a less medically safe setting?
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A Bad Day For Baltimore
Harm reduction advocates argue that this means the city needs to open Supervised Injection Centers, or SIC’s, as a harm reduction measure.
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A bright idea?
The big players merge with or acquire local brands, then aggressively lobby politicians to restrict (or even prohibit) competition from independent businesses.
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