More Dangerous Than We Knew
Drivers who test positive for THC are fond of arguing that the positive test was based on a joint they’d smoked a while ago - or even better, that somebody else in the car had been smoking.
Effective Group Design: Assumptions
Building the group model around that common experience, and change-specific tasks or goals, may increase the chances for a successful outcome.
Quite recently, three former professional basketball players, one a Hall of Famer, were arrested and charged with fixing NBA games in order to benefit themselves and most disturbingly, their Mafia connections.
The athletes were referred to as "face cards" whose presence gave the operation credibility with potential customers.
This leads observers to ask, not for the first time:
Why do millionaire athletes get involved with gambling?
That might be the wrong question, however.
As far as I can determine, millionaire athletes initially become involved with gambling for the same reasons ordinary folks do: They’re in search of entertainment and excitement. The mystery is how they become so enmeshed that it comes to threaten to destroy their careers and in some cases, their lives.
As the article notes, an athlete’s involvement with gambling often begins at a young age. By the time a lucky few of the very best athletes in a sport are professionals drawing huge...
The athletes were referred to as "face cards" whose presence gave the operation credibility with potential customers.
This leads observers to ask, not for the first time:
Why do millionaire athletes get involved with gambling?
That might be the wrong question, however.
As far as I can determine, millionaire athletes initially become involved with gambling for the same reasons ordinary folks do: They’re in search of entertainment and excitement. The mystery is how they become so enmeshed that it comes to threaten to destroy their careers and in some cases, their lives.
As the article notes, an athlete’s involvement with gambling often begins at a young age. By the time a lucky few of the very best athletes in a sport are professionals drawing huge...
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Those Pesky Narcosubs
...surviving an ocean voyage in these vehicles is far from guaranteed. And if the sub sinks, the cargo sinks with it.
More Dangerous Than We Knew
Drivers who test positive for THC are fond of arguing that the positive test was based on a joint they’d smoked a while ago - or even better, that somebody else in the car had been smoking.
Out of Focus
...plenty of Americans are involved as well, and presumably would continue their involvement in future, if they think they can get away with it.
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An Uncomfortable Question
Unlike the gambler, casino owners and managers and online betting shops are in it for the money - and really, not much else.
An Uncomfortable Question
Unlike the gambler, casino owners and managers and online betting shops are in it for the money - and really, not much else.
Shatter and Dab
Because of its extraordinary strength, shatter and its brother concentrates tend to attract more experienced users, in search of additional impact from drug use.
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.
Anonymity — Out of Date?
...isn’t TikTok and influencer culture undeniably afflicted with far too much of,that same “ambition and illegitimate pride” that AA’s founders felt they must avoid?
Should We Pay People Not to Use Meth?
...the fastest growing drug of abuse in many areas is methamphetamine, a stimulant. Incentive programs for drug abuse patients first appeared in the treatment of stimulant disorders, and much of the evidence in support of the practice is based there.
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“Struck Sober”
It’s not an especially common phenomenon. I can’t think of more than a few I’ve met or read about that cite such an experience.
Overstimulated?
I was nonetheless surprised to learn that one of the areas where use increased the most was among people in their 70s.
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.
“Struck Sober”
It’s not an especially common phenomenon. I can’t think of more than a few I’ve met or read about that cite such an experience.
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.
