A Big Bet on an Uncertain Future
...simply relocating a common human and societal problem online is only going to expand its scope, and with that, the sheer number of problems it will inevitably create.
Category: Public Health
Epidemiology, mortality, prevention, public investment and costs vs. benefits. When it comes to public health, addiction ticks all the boxes.
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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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OD Epidemic Nearing an End?
I couldn’t help noticing: The lack of references to the effectiveness of interdiction and law-enforcement.
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Detection Dilemma
Seems to me this is just another weakness in the plan to rely on border control and enforcement to stem the rise of synthetic drugs in the US.
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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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Gambling — A Public Health Issue?
…because gambling is now an industry with vast resources and a huge political presence, we can expect… significant resistance from those quarters.
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Good News on the Overdose Front
Some less good news: Law enforcement sees evidence of aggressive efforts by drug cartels to establish supply lines and operations within the US.
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The Bill Comes Due
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.
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Be Careful Where You Work?
CDC claims that 1 in 5 drug overdoses in 2020 – or 20% — involved people in those two sectors alone. Something to think about.
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Now what do we do about fentanyl?
…much of the fentanyl in circulation is in the form of an additive to some other drug– cocaine, for instance, or methamphetamine, or one of the many sedatives.
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When Doctors Disinform
…what would be a physician’s motive for intentionally spreading bad information? Greed, perhaps. Maybe in hopes of boosting sales from which they ultimately expect to benefit
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The Meth Mess – P2P
P2P meth seemed to accelerate the curve of meth addiction, so that the user deteriorated far more quickly than in the past. And suffered worse consequences – in particular, a kind of extreme mental toxicity
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