Fool Me, Please
...a chatbot doesn’t actually feel anything for the user. It’s simply doing what it was programmed to do. Principally, that’s serving as a perfect mirror.
Edible Question
Once again, there seems to be general agreement that daily cannabis use, especially the heavier sort, is associated with the most adverse consequences.
If you spend much time on social media, you no doubt noticed two important things about life there.
One: Bad news travels faster than good news. Six times faster, according to research.
Two: There are an awful lot of angry people there. Including the very high-arousal, ALL CAPS, “drunk-on-rage” types.
Why so much online anger? I asked AI to explain (figuring it would know). Three factors were cited.
Anonymity: People feel less accountable online than they ordinarily would in real world interactions.
Focus. Some Internet platforms are just plain angrier than others. Reddit and Instagram are often mentioned. I’m sure you can think of a few more. Hang out there and you may find yourself feeling more and more irate.
Virality: Anger is more likely to spread than any other emotion — meaning it’s an effective way to drive traffic to someone’s website or discussion forum.
I suppose if you were running an Internet business and desperately needed to attract eyes to your...
One: Bad news travels faster than good news. Six times faster, according to research.
Two: There are an awful lot of angry people there. Including the very high-arousal, ALL CAPS, “drunk-on-rage” types.
Why so much online anger? I asked AI to explain (figuring it would know). Three factors were cited.
Anonymity: People feel less accountable online than they ordinarily would in real world interactions.
Focus. Some Internet platforms are just plain angrier than others. Reddit and Instagram are often mentioned. I’m sure you can think of a few more. Hang out there and you may find yourself feeling more and more irate.
Virality: Anger is more likely to spread than any other emotion — meaning it’s an effective way to drive traffic to someone’s website or discussion forum.
I suppose if you were running an Internet business and desperately needed to attract eyes to your...
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Fool Me, Please
...a chatbot doesn’t actually feel anything for the user. It’s simply doing what it was programmed to do. Principally, that’s serving as a perfect mirror.
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.
A New Czar at ONDCP
...newly appointed Drug Czar is Sara Carter, a 45 year-old investigative journalist best known for her reporting on the US-Mexico border, and her appearances as a contributor on the Fox News Network
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Bad Call on Vaping
Where did all this “pressure” come from? You guessed it: The White House, in response, it appears, to the desperate appeals from industry lobbyists
Addicted to Exercise?
Like addicts deprived of their drug of choice, the compulsive exerciser may report a deep sense of loss, accompanied by symptoms such as sleeplessness, irritability, depression, anxiety.
Bad Call on Vaping
Where did all this “pressure” come from? You guessed it: The White House, in response, it appears, to the desperate appeals from industry lobbyists
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.
The Storytellers
One young man explained that he avoided speaker meetings because the “drunkalogues” he heard triggered in him an awful craving for a drink.
PAP or Pill?
Those humble antidepressants have their own advantages, of course. For one thing, they’re likely to be cheaper, more readily available.
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Rage-baited
From a counseling standpoint, it’s a time when we ought to be advising patients to restrict their social media activity, at the very least to selected forums and sites that support recovery goals
Rage-baited
From a counseling standpoint, it’s a time when we ought to be advising patients to restrict their social media activity, at the very least to selected forums and sites that support recovery goals
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.
