Bupe or Bust
It wasn’t long, however, before we realized that the relapse rates from detoxification using Suboxone were quite high, with drug use often resuming on the day of discharge.
Russians Love Their Vodka
Public health is a pipe dream when, as happened in the 1990’s, a typical adult male Russian consumed an estimated one hundred and eighty bottles of vodka annually.
Today’s topic concerns a “sting” by law enforcement that successfully interrupted an attempt to smuggle Suboxone into a county jail. The operation resulted in the arrest of 10 individuals, most of whom appear to be detainees rather than prisoners. Such operations are becoming quite common in American correctional institutions.
A prisoner has been sentenced, where a detainee has not. Detainees are held in custody pending trial, or perhaps awaiting deportation. Many (if not most) US jails, I’m told, have housed at least some of the latter.
Here’s a link:
Sting operation snares 10 in Santa Fe County jail drug smuggling ring
The incentive to smuggle Suboxone into a jail is based on the reality that most jails are full of people with drug problems (not the first time we've discussed this.) Some are experiencing withdrawal symptoms, others simply a strong craving. Suboxone effectively suppresses both. That makes it a prized commodity for resale inside the...
A prisoner has been sentenced, where a detainee has not. Detainees are held in custody pending trial, or perhaps awaiting deportation. Many (if not most) US jails, I’m told, have housed at least some of the latter.
Here’s a link:
Sting operation snares 10 in Santa Fe County jail drug smuggling ring
The incentive to smuggle Suboxone into a jail is based on the reality that most jails are full of people with drug problems (not the first time we've discussed this.) Some are experiencing withdrawal symptoms, others simply a strong craving. Suboxone effectively suppresses both. That makes it a prized commodity for resale inside the...
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Bupe or Bust
It wasn’t long, however, before we realized that the relapse rates from detoxification using Suboxone were quite high, with drug use often resuming on the day of discharge.
Pot and the Pregnant Person
They suggest... physicians and practitioners be trained in ways to address the topic with the patient, person to person, so they can reassure her that it isn’t a plot to penalize the woman, or to take away her baby.
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...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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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.
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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.
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...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?
A Treatment Program in a Corrections Setting
...it seems an awful waste to miss out on an opportunity to address their alcohol and drug problems while they’re literally a ‘captive’ audience.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
