Safer Supply?
...it appears that a significant percent of the opioid medication is being diverted-- for resale on the street, probably, or swapped for the illicit stuff.
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One of the oldest diseases in the world, and we still don’t know as much as we should about its causes, effects, and how to treat it- much less cure it. What we do know, and what we’re learning, ends up here:
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 19, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
...it appears that a significant percent of the opioid medication is being diverted-- for resale on the street, probably, or swapped for the illicit stuff.
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 16, 2024 | Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 5, 2024 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 7, 2024 | Public Health | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 23, 2024 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |
Many older folks turn to cannabis to self-medicate the pain and sleep problems that can plague old age. As they become dependent on cannabis, we could see the emergence of more health-related problems there.
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And according to the researchers, (SGB) seems to have a positive impact on other problems that co-occur with PTSD– anxiety, depression, alcohol consumption.
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At this point in the US, there are allegedly a couple of hundred thousand people who would reasonably qualify as ketamine-addicted.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 29, 2024 | Public Health | 0 |
Some less good news: Law enforcement sees evidence of aggressive efforts by drug cartels to establish supply lines and operations within the US.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 11, 2024 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Still, “pill mills” do continue to exist, if not in the numbers they once did. I suppose they could stage a comeback — the economics still work.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 4, 2024 | Public Policy | 0 |
…efforts to provide treatment for the many victims of rampant alcoholism have been relatively rare, largely volunteer efforts funded by donations rather than much in the way of government support.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 11, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
Seriously, how dumb, or perhaps desperate, would a medical professional have to be to undertake something like this?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 8, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
…it’s an omen of bad times to come. Why? Because people in New Mexico’s cities are not buying enough pot.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 4, 2024 | Addiction, Public Health | 0 |
ALD (alcohol-related liver disease) in the United States is projected to cost $355 billion in direct healthcare-related costs and $525 billion in lost labor and economic consumption.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 1, 2024 | Public Policy | 0 |
…a number of years ago, the Institute of Medicine set forth guidelines intended to reduce the influence of advertising on how physicians prescribed medications… to date, relatively few physicians have actually adopted those guidelines.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 28, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
…the goal, as one official described it, is to “discourage unlicensed cannabis activities and to help level the playing field for legitimate businesses paying their taxes.”
Read Moreby 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.
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