The Oregon Trials
Measure 110 was a classic example of a syndrome that’s plagued innovative social programs since the 1960's and 70's.
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Investments, costs, regulations, laws, courts and prisons– what helps? What’s useless or worse- harmful? What’s the cost to the taxpayer? And the economy? And the families? And, oh, yes… the people suffering from addictive disease?
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 11, 2024 | Public Policy | 0 |
Measure 110 was a classic example of a syndrome that’s plagued innovative social programs since the 1960's and 70's.
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 7, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 4, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
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There has been speculation that something about people from the UK makes them especially vulnerable to agranulocytosis.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 22, 2024 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
…it’s more likely to be those with five or six or more symptoms — the “high-moderate” to severe cases, in DSM parlance – who eventually seek treatment.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 11, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
“During our training, we were told numerous times that this is a safe, effective drug,” one of the two testified.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 1, 2024 | Addiction, Public Policy | 0 |
You’d have to be blind not to see the potential for serious problems, especially when you’re talking about high school and college-age students.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 28, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
After all, though P-P folded, and billions were lost, in the end the owners managed to get away with the bulk of their fortune, and ultimately to avoid the most serious consequences of their actions.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 25, 2023 | Public Policy | 0 |
One legislator worried that people who suffered from trauma and various social inequities needed alcohol as a form of self-medication.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 14, 2023 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
It’s just good business. The stuff is virtually unregulated, far more affordable to make and distribute, and quite profitable, especially where conservative legislators are unlikely to legalize marijuana anytime soon.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 16, 2023 | Public Policy | 0 |
When it comes to the availability of naloxone, the article states that “…while most states have decriminalized [opioid antagonists] … some, including Texas, continue to treat them as drug paraphernalia.”
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 13, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
These could be interpreted as signs that someone is in the Action stage of change. That’s not a bad place to be, provided you keep at it and don’t give up.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 2, 2023 | Public Health | 0 |
CDC claims that 1 in 5 drug overdoses in 2020 – or 20% — involved people in those two sectors alone. Something to think about.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 26, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
But, his lawyer reminds us, we shouldn’t forget that his client is ‘only’ 25 years old. Not only that, the client reportedly has assured his attorney that “…I promise you, I’m not a bad person.”
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 12, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
Their greed led them to rob these women of what they had managed to gain a bit of in the first place: hope, for a better life.
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