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...somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500 EVALI cases to date, 50 of which resulted in fatalities.
Corporate Expectations
What am I supposed to do with all this information? It doesn't bring in more patients or help me get additional staff to treat the patients I already have.
The article below appeared recently in The Washington Post, as a review of current research on those who use cannabis products on a daily or near-daily basis.
That’s the segment of users we would expect to be at highest risk for problems related to cannabis use. And it seems as if they are.
5 ways daily cannabis use can affect your body and mind
Proponents say the drug can help with sleep and pain, but there’s little research surrounding potential long-term effects of daily use
The experts acknowledge that “daily” consumption can vary markedly between individuals. As one put it, “If you’re puffing on your vape pen 60 times a day, that’s very different from a medical cannabis patient taking 2½ milligrams of a gummy at night to fall asleep…” No argument there.
Currently, an estimated 40-42% of marijuana users report daily or near-daily consumption. That lands us in the neighborhood of 18 million Americans. It’s more than the number who admit...
That’s the segment of users we would expect to be at highest risk for problems related to cannabis use. And it seems as if they are.
5 ways daily cannabis use can affect your body and mind
Proponents say the drug can help with sleep and pain, but there’s little research surrounding potential long-term effects of daily use
The experts acknowledge that “daily” consumption can vary markedly between individuals. As one put it, “If you’re puffing on your vape pen 60 times a day, that’s very different from a medical cannabis patient taking 2½ milligrams of a gummy at night to fall asleep…” No argument there.
Currently, an estimated 40-42% of marijuana users report daily or near-daily consumption. That lands us in the neighborhood of 18 million Americans. It’s more than the number who admit...
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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.
Welcome to EVALI
...somewhere in the neighborhood of 2500 EVALI cases to date, 50 of which resulted in fatalities.
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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The Daily Pot Diet
...daily cannabis use may help with pain in the short term but make it worse in the long term by reducing tolerance to pain.
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.
The Daily Pot Diet
...daily cannabis use may help with pain in the short term but make it worse in the long term by reducing tolerance to pain.
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.
