Arc of the Pendulum
Instead, our habit has been to rush head first in one direction, then reverse and rush back the opposite way
Category: Public Policy
Epidemiology, mortality, prevention, public investment and costs vs. benefits. When it comes to public health, addiction ticks all the boxes.
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A State Considers Taxing Alcohol
One legislator worried that people who suffered from trauma and various social inequities needed alcohol as a form of self-medication.
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Hempire State
It’s just good business. The stuff is virtually unregulated, far more affordable to make and distribute, and quite profitable, especially where conservative legislators are unlikely to legalize marijuana anytime soon.
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Politicians and the Fourth Wave
When it comes to the availability of naloxone, the article states that “…while most states have decriminalized [opioid antagonists] … some, including Texas, continue to treat them as drug paraphernalia.”
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Crossing the Border for Pot
That was why cannabis companies set up shop in rural areas that, on the surface at least, seemed far too small to support them. They figured they wouldn’t have to.
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A Revolutionary Plan
Not surprisingly, people with more money kept right on drinking the way they had before, apparently unmoved by increased expense.
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Jailing the Mentally Ill
Prisons, ironically, are burdened by responsibilities that once belonged to enormous, state-run psychiatric hospitals. Many of those were shut down half a century ago…
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Scamming Medicaid
The so-called sober homes turned out to be dilapidated houses in and around Phoenix, offering little or nothing in the way of services and featuring plenty of drug use– even trafficking. All paid for by Medicaid, to the tune of hundreds of millions in Federal funds.
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Yes, cannabis use goes up when it’s legal
For regular users, that suggests greater tolerance, which contributes to dependence, which means withdrawal symptoms, which usually lead the user to seek still stronger forms of the drug.
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He Took Bribes
Everyone involved seems to expect further charges to emerge, against other defendants for similar activities involving the sale of political influence.
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Is .05 the Sweet Spot?
…simply by lowering the standard BAC from .08 to .05, we could save an estimated 1500 lost lives every year. Not to mention approximately $121 billion in associated medical, legal, property, and productivity costs.
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Harm Reduction x3
Because such approaches may not aim to get people off drugs – in some ways, it’s an acknowledgment that they probably won’t, regardless of our efforts – such programs can face opposition.
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