Pot Sales on the Rez
The state’s process, the article suggests, is prohibitively expensive, well beyond the means of any ordinary tribe member. In effect, limiting the cannabis trade to the equivalent of big business interests.
Another wave of OD?
“Overdose deaths from carfentanil…[increased] from 29 between January and June 2023 to 238 in that same period in 2024.” That’s a heck of a year-over-year increase, although it still represents only a small percentage of total fatalities.
One thing I learned a long time ago: the drug culture that surrounds long-term opioid use is much the same wherever you travel -- in big cities in the UK, for example, as it is in Baltimore or Philadelphia. The differences, such as they are, are mostly cosmetic. The dynamics of addiction, and the addicted lifestyle, are reasonably consistent.
With the advent of fentanyl and increased concern about its death toll, big cities in England and Scotland -- in this example, Glasgow - have adopted harm reduction strategies used elsewhere in Europe and North America. One of these is the “supervised safe injection center”, where users can self-administer drugs such as heroin while monitored by medical professionals.
Based on the following story, courtesy of the BBC, it doesn't appear as if the process is all that safe.
Alarms, overdoses and saving lives: Two days in UK's first drug injection room
The action takes place at The Thistle (the center's name) during early days of...
With the advent of fentanyl and increased concern about its death toll, big cities in England and Scotland -- in this example, Glasgow - have adopted harm reduction strategies used elsewhere in Europe and North America. One of these is the “supervised safe injection center”, where users can self-administer drugs such as heroin while monitored by medical professionals.
Based on the following story, courtesy of the BBC, it doesn't appear as if the process is all that safe.
Alarms, overdoses and saving lives: Two days in UK's first drug injection room
The action takes place at The Thistle (the center's name) during early days of...
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Pot Sales on the Rez
The state’s process, the article suggests, is prohibitively expensive, well beyond the means of any ordinary tribe member. In effect, limiting the cannabis trade to the equivalent of big business interests.
Detection Dilemma
Seems to me this is just another weakness in the plan to rely on border control and enforcement to stem the rise of synthetic drugs in the US.
Does Minimum Unit Pricing Work?
I'd have to call MUP a blunt instrument. One that does achieve its primary goal-- that’s important-- but not without possible consequences.
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A Visit to Injection Central
Target client for these operations is the chronic daily user, mostly but not exclusively of opioids, and that’s a difficult population for such programs to work with.
About those prescribed stimulants…
...new data suggest that even those who think they are using their stimulant medications as directed may be at risk of substance use disorder
Sad, But Also True
She wasn't being entirely altruistic-- she did charge participants a cool five hundred dollars apiece-- but it's reasonable to assume that she meant well, with no intent to cause harm.
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.
Aging in Recovery
She emphasizes how much stigma is encountered by older recovering persons in the healthcare system.
A Visit to Injection Central
Target client for these operations is the chronic daily user, mostly but not exclusively of opioids, and that’s a difficult population for such programs to work with.
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“It was never a problem”
That's important in a treatment context, because a history of multiple drug use means they will be tempted to focus on one substance -- their "drug of choice", whatever they may feel that is -- while minimizing the importance of the others.
“It was never a problem”
That's important in a treatment context, because a history of multiple drug use means they will be tempted to focus on one substance -- their "drug of choice", whatever they may feel that is -- while minimizing the importance of the others.
Autism Can Be Expensive
Anxious parents are seeking coverage for proven behavioral therapies and getting turned down.
Exercising for Chronic Pain Relief
We've known for several decades that regular exercise, even the mild sort, helps lessen symptoms of depression. It comes as no surprise that it may also help with CPS and the mood problems that accompany it.
Drugs in Jail
If 70% or more of a jail population has been identified as having a drug or alcohol problem – that does happen – then what you’re really operating is a treatment center that happens to have bars on the windows and guards at the entrance.
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First Person Hard Charger
In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
First Person Hard Charger
In fact, in many instances, the trauma that occurs after they’re addicted is more damaging than what happened before.
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.
