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”
The Skaggs Case – an update
Would it be reasonable to expect an employer to recognize when their employee was engaged in conduct such as Kay’s? Or was that outside of their role as employer, and their responsibility for his actions?
We tend to associate drunk driving fatalities with urban areas and populous states, but it’s a major problem for rural and frontier communities as well. I happen to live in one, along with around 80 million other Americans, and alcohol-related deaths are a major topic for concern.
So I was interested when an article appeared on the Science Direct website, concerning the various factors that influence young adults when making the decision to drive while under the influence. In this case, the researchers picked Montana — a largely rural state, where “…the alcohol-related motor vehicle fatality rate [is] almost double the national average.” It’s even higher among young adult Montanans — three times the national average.
Their conclusions, while not startling, were helpful in understanding the roots of the problem.
For instance, the researchers identified “rural cultural values” as a factor. Specifically, these three; “independence, stoicism, and social...
So I was interested when an article appeared on the Science Direct website, concerning the various factors that influence young adults when making the decision to drive while under the influence. In this case, the researchers picked Montana — a largely rural state, where “…the alcohol-related motor vehicle fatality rate [is] almost double the national average.” It’s even higher among young adult Montanans — three times the national average.
Their conclusions, while not startling, were helpful in understanding the roots of the problem.
For instance, the researchers identified “rural cultural values” as a factor. Specifically, these three; “independence, stoicism, and social...
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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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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.”
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.”
Update on Pot-related DWI…
Apparently, cannabis testing yields an unacceptable number of false positive results.
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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The ‘Have To” Disorder
Compulsive behaviors are generally thought to stem from anxiety, and that’s certainly common enough among the newly clean and sober.
The ‘Have To” Disorder
Compulsive behaviors are generally thought to stem from anxiety, and that’s certainly common enough among the newly clean and sober.
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.
