A Most Unsatisfactory Ending
A Purdue lawyer said most of the lawsuits against the company over opioids did not include specific financial claims. But the ones in those that did totalled over $40tn in damages.
Is There An Alcoholic Personality?
An older person, usually a man, calling people in the middle of the night in order to rant drunkenly about his various complaints and resentments.
...to the long, long, sad story of OxyContin and its parent company, Purdue Pharma. From The Guardian:
Purdue Pharma to be dissolved as judge approves criminal sentence in opioid case
OxyContin maker to be replaced by new company aiming to combat opioid crisis as legal settlement takes effect
"Only the company was charged-- not individuals." I’m sure that came as a disappointment to family members of overdose victims, who were no longer around to protest.
"The guilty plea and civil settlement with the federal government included $8.3bn in forfeitures, fines and penalties." That’s an impressive sum, although most of the money will go to state, local, and tribal governments, to help battle the current opioid epidemic. Individual victims are expected to receive payments in the range of $8-16K.
In view of the damage done, it doesn’t sound like much. "But after all this time we spent waiting, waiting, waiting... at least it’s something," admitted one mother. I...
Purdue Pharma to be dissolved as judge approves criminal sentence in opioid case
OxyContin maker to be replaced by new company aiming to combat opioid crisis as legal settlement takes effect
"Only the company was charged-- not individuals." I’m sure that came as a disappointment to family members of overdose victims, who were no longer around to protest.
"The guilty plea and civil settlement with the federal government included $8.3bn in forfeitures, fines and penalties." That’s an impressive sum, although most of the money will go to state, local, and tribal governments, to help battle the current opioid epidemic. Individual victims are expected to receive payments in the range of $8-16K.
In view of the damage done, it doesn’t sound like much. "But after all this time we spent waiting, waiting, waiting... at least it’s something," admitted one mother. I...
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A Most Unsatisfactory Ending
A Purdue lawyer said most of the lawsuits against the company over opioids did not include specific financial claims. But the ones in those that did totalled over $40tn in damages.
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 Network
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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.
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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.
