A Spike in Drinking
Those restrictions existed to inhibit people’s tendencies to abuse alcohol. In their absence, problems related to excessive drinking increased, substantially.
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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 | Feb 6, 2023 | Public Policy | 0 |
Those restrictions existed to inhibit people’s tendencies to abuse alcohol. In their absence, problems related to excessive drinking increased, substantially.
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 30, 2023 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 8, 2022 | Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 22, 2022 | Addiction, Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 29, 2022 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 8, 2022 | Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 20, 2022 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
Purdue and the others may have settled their lawsuits, but the victims, and the professionals who treat them, will be paying the price for a long time to come.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 5, 2022 | Public Policy | 0 |
I do know that there appears to be a clear link between legalization of recreational cannabis use in a state, and the rate of traffic accidents that occur in its aftermath.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 25, 2022 | Public Policy | 0 |
I saw our country as a nation that had no clue what drug abuse and addiction were about, yet rushed ahead to ‘fix’ it and made exactly the sort of mistakes that people make when they’re desperate for a solution to a problem they never really understood in the first place.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 17, 2022 | Public Policy | 0 |
The smaller, local, independent, licensed growers – intended to benefit from legalization– have instead found themselves all but shut out of the market, unable to compete with much cheaper offerings.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 31, 2022 | Addiction, Public Policy | 0 |
I can see how Smartphones could just make a bad situation worse. Legislation, on the other hand, has a long way to go simply to catch up.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 27, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
…it’s foolish to expect an industry built around making, distributing, and selling (for immense profit) abusable substances to regulate themselves.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 2, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
…the narrower the gap between the incident and its consequences, the greater the deterrent value in terms of the offender’s future behavior.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 11, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
We certainly can’t count on the emerging cannabis industry to supply us with all the necessary facts, any more than we could count on the drug reps from Purdue Pharma to educate our physicians about the true risks of long-term opioid use in the treatment of chronic pain.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 11, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
Sure, it’s a terrific way to generate public interest and support, and raise funds for the cause. But when the dust settles, the results are almost always a disappointment.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 9, 2021 | Public Policy, Resources | 0 |
Incarceration can be costly, disruptive to families, and appears to do little to deter future drug use. And though people do change while incarcerated, it isn’t always for the better.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 2, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
Addictive substances, when widely available, tend to attract more users, rather than fewer. Is the goal to expand the number of drug users in America?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 22, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
“Holy crap! What happened?” the public demands. Followed by “Who’s to blame?” Not us, insist the makers and distributors.
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