Category: Thinking About Addiction

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Thinking About Addiction

Perilous Prosecution

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 6, 2020 | In the News | 0 |

In one instance, a Corporate Compliance manager came right out and advised a pharmacist that his role was to drive sales for the company. Meaning to keep pushing opioids, above all.

Drugs and Policing

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 2, 2020 | Public Policy | 0 |
Recent Events Roundup

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 29, 2020 | In the News | 0 |
Life and Breath

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 22, 2020 | In the News | 0 |
The BS Factor

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 15, 2020 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Med Men

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 8, 2020 | In the News | 0 |

Selling Vaping

by C. Scott McMillin | May 25, 2020 | In the News | 0 |

By now the vaping industry has established a customer base that includes millions of young people – exactly the group they swore would never be targeted.

Russian Revival

by C. Scott McMillin | May 18, 2020 | Public Health | 0 |

But Russians (again like Americans) tend to view the liquor store as an essential business.

Health Care Conundrum

by C. Scott McMillin | May 11, 2020 | Public Policy | 0 |

I’ve noticed the surprise when Americans go abroad and encounter other ways of doing things.

Cannabis News: Good, and Not-So-Good

by C. Scott McMillin | May 7, 2020 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |

By the standards of today’s marijuana user, that ain’t very high. Lots of folks out there who I imagine routinely exceed that.

Lessons Not Learned

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 30, 2020 | Addiction, Public Health | 0 |

Treatment staff know from their long experience that someone with a severe substance problem who insists on relying solely on willpower is very likely to fail.

Opioids in the Era of Covid-19

by Cecile | Apr 27, 2020 | Addictive Substances, Public Health | 0 |

I don’t think anybody, including me, realized 7 or 8 years ago just how intimately involved Big Pharma and its offshoots were in the phenomenal escalation of drug abuse in West Virginia.