A Bad Test Result
I don’t know how often we question the findings, but it makes me think that a critical examination of our own procedures, say on a quarterly and yearly basis, might be a heck of a good idea.
Category: Thinking About Addiction
Epidemiology, mortality, prevention, public investment and costs vs. benefits. When it comes to public health, addiction ticks all the boxes.
Thinking About Addiction
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To Qualify for Medical Pot…
As it turns out, most of the qualifying conditions weren’t well-supported by science. Then or now.
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Stiffer sentences? Maybe try something else…
Perhaps society should focus on finding solutions that are demonstrably effective, instead of simply boosting the severity of punishment.
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Colombia Wants to Legalize Coke Worldwide
…back in the USA– drug overdose deaths ‘involving’ cocaine have risen steadily over the past decade,
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Conflict in Cali
Here’s a test: Change the label to avoid any mention of THC content. Now, how many customers continue to seek out and purchase it?
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Labels & Screening
(per the Surgeon General), “…alcohol directly contributes to 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 related deaths each year…”
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Sports Gambling — A Chip Off the Old Block
If they showed the losers– vast hordes of them– it would almost certainly discourage people from placing a bet.
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A really good idea
Big Tobacco, however, will not agree. They’ll put up the usual resistance, lobbying Congress, filing lawsuits, etc., and over the years, they’ve become quite good at it.
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Legislating Addiction
…the commercial gambling industry is dead-set against it. In fact, they’d like to eliminate the gambling tax altogether, on the grounds that it disadvantages them against illicit gambling operations.
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A World on Speed
…it’s possible that one or more of the other major players in the region would attempt to take over.
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Waterbound?
…drugs, being so ridiculously easy to conceal, are a perennial favorite for any sort of smuggling operation.
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A Problem with the Evidence
Current best estimates are that only some 25 to 30 percent of us are capable of reading and understanding the content of the New York Times Science section.
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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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