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 Networ
The Meaning of Trauma
...treat the two as independent and coequal in the clinical picture. Address them via an integrated treatment plan.
It appears we have a new Director at the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
That’s the part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, created 36 years ago to advise the President on policy matters related to illegal drug use and trafficking. Its current annual budget is $379.1 million.
By the way, it was Richard Nixon way back in 1971 who first used the term Drug Czar. Obviously it stuck.
Some programs launched under the auspices of ONDCP:
The High intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, established in 1990 to "coordinate America's drug-control efforts among local, state and federal law enforcement agencies... in critical regions of the United States."
The National Youth Media AntiDrug Campaign, a 1998 initiative aimed at influencing public and media attitudes towards illegal drugs and their abuse.
The newly appointed Drug Czar is Sara Carter, a 45 year-old investigative journalist best known for reporting on problems at...
That’s the part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, created 36 years ago to advise the President on policy matters related to illegal drug use and trafficking. Its current annual budget is $379.1 million.
By the way, it was Richard Nixon way back in 1971 who first used the term Drug Czar. Obviously it stuck.
Some programs launched under the auspices of ONDCP:
The High intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program, established in 1990 to "coordinate America's drug-control efforts among local, state and federal law enforcement agencies... in critical regions of the United States."
The National Youth Media AntiDrug Campaign, a 1998 initiative aimed at influencing public and media attitudes towards illegal drugs and their abuse.
The newly appointed Drug Czar is Sara Carter, a 45 year-old investigative journalist best known for reporting on problems at...
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Numbers Game
“Significantly lesser quantities of drugs are smuggled directly into the United States by traffickers using maritime conveyances than by traffickers using overland routes.”
A Big Bet on an Uncertain Future
...simply relocating a common human and societal problem online is only going to expand its scope, and with that, the sheer number of problems it will inevitably create.
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 Networ
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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.
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.
Medical MJ for MH
I know what the science says, and if asked, I can share that. But I don’t expect anyone to say, “whoa, I never knew! thank God you told me!”, and then immediately quit smoking pot.
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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Overdiagnosed?
She wasn’t seeking medication for the disorder. She was simply using ADHD as a way to understand some of the mysteries of her past behavior.
Overdiagnosed?
She wasn’t seeking medication for the disorder. She was simply using ADHD as a way to understand some of the mysteries of her past behavior.
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.
