Drunk Driving in Rural America
Most interesting were the environmental and legal factors that influenced drunk driving. The young adults identified these as “minimal police presence, sparse population, and lack of alternative transportation”
Cycles
Those misconceptions are a principal reason so many Americans have become skeptical of the value of treating addictions at all.
...of abuse to cope with. Nevertheless, it seems as if we’re about to get one anyway.
Now making an appearance in street samples, both in America and Europe: a synthetic opioid, cychlorphine by name, allegedly as much as 10 times as potent as fentanyl. That simply means that it will be highly effective at low concentrations, and it carries a risk for unintended overdose from tiny amounts.
Depending on how far and how fast the drug spreads (mostly in combination with heroin or cocaine), its presence should result in an upsurge in drug-related fatalities.
Like others of its type, cychlorphine originated in commercial labs in Southeast Asia and China, and was adopted by cartels for use in combination with better known drugs of abuse. In addition to powder form sold on the street, counterfeit pills have been found available for sale, including on the Internet.
Cychlorphine’s first appearances were in the Midwest, primarily Ohio. As usual, other areas quickly followed....
Now making an appearance in street samples, both in America and Europe: a synthetic opioid, cychlorphine by name, allegedly as much as 10 times as potent as fentanyl. That simply means that it will be highly effective at low concentrations, and it carries a risk for unintended overdose from tiny amounts.
Depending on how far and how fast the drug spreads (mostly in combination with heroin or cocaine), its presence should result in an upsurge in drug-related fatalities.
Like others of its type, cychlorphine originated in commercial labs in Southeast Asia and China, and was adopted by cartels for use in combination with better known drugs of abuse. In addition to powder form sold on the street, counterfeit pills have been found available for sale, including on the Internet.
Cychlorphine’s first appearances were in the Midwest, primarily Ohio. As usual, other areas quickly followed....
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Is Social Media Addictive?
It would be difficult for the defense to argue that this isn’t done intentionally, for the purpose of keeping patrons coming back for more. And more, and more.
AI for Mental Health? Not So Fast
An increasing number of people rely on AI as their *primary resource for mental health concerns. That includes truly vulnerable populations, such as adolescents.
Commercial Determinants of Health
In the neverending hunt for financial rewards, poor consumer health can be viewed as collateral damage.
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We Don’t Want A New Drug
Cychlorphine has failed to show up on the usual drug screens. That just means it’s more likely to be missed, including on autopsy.
Gambling, Teen Style
I suspect many parents would be surprised to learn that ”The students in the audience…are all too familiar with the explosion of apps that make it easy to bet on individual plays, international politics and awards show flubs.”
We Don’t Want A New Drug
Cychlorphine has failed to show up on the usual drug screens. That just means it’s more likely to be missed, including on autopsy.
Life in a Hot Spot
Make it a continuing effort, using strategies based in evidence, and harnessing the power of human interaction-- instead of relying on a burst of anti-drug education, however intense.
How Many is Too Many?
After all, they call this a "relapsing" disorder.
Withdrawal Management, in Practice
Now detox has become withdrawal management, and the cookie-cutter approach is no more.
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Overdiagnosed?
She wasn’t seeking medication for the disorder. She was simply using ADHD as a way to understand some of the mysteries of her past behavior.
Overdiagnosed?
She wasn’t seeking medication for the disorder. She was simply using ADHD as a way to understand some of the mysteries of her past behavior.
Parenting Under The Influence
Children raised in such families are more likely to be exposed to violence, to initiate their own substance use at an earlier age, and to have mental health problems in childhood.
Is This Recovery?
...there are other folks out there like these— pretending to sobriety yet still secretly using, and hoping to avoid the sort of trouble that haunted them in the past.
Officers in the House
...with law enforcement agencies taking on vastly different roles, planning and practicing our response appears more important than in the past.
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A Novel Approach
...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.
A Novel Approach
...the author, who grew up in and around the region, chose to use its earnings to found Higher Ground, a home for recovering women.
Diagnosing Cannabis Use Disorder: Updated
It certainly makes sense that if you suffer from a major mental illness, you should stay away from pot.
Video: Practical Advice on Prescription Painkiller Problems
People have abused opiates for 5,000 years. As much as medicine depends on them, they've always created problems for a percentage of users.
