OMG- A Conspiracy?
I won’t attempt to translate that into dollars of lost revenue, but I imagine it’s a considerable sum.
An Unwelcome Consequence
Every so often I'd run into family members who'd let the situation go in the belief that treatment was futile until the drinker themselves decided they 'wanted' to quit.
Did the current Administration really conspire to suppress a report on the close relationship between alcohol and cancer?
This investigative piece from the Vox website claims they did.
RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
It isn’t that the relationship between drinking and cancer risk has been a big secret. I first wrote about it on this site back in 2021.
What would be the motive for the government to suppress this information? According to Vox, it’s this: "Americans today are drinking less. This year, Gallup recorded a historic low in the percentage of US adults who drink: 54 percent, down from 67 percent in 2022."
I bet the alcoholic beverage industry didn’t like hearing that. But it makes sense: I’ve read that Big Alcohol, like Big Tobacco, has been on the hunt for new revenue-generating opportunities, including some involving cannabis and nicotine, in hopes of replacing the lost income.
The...
This investigative piece from the Vox website claims they did.
RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
It isn’t that the relationship between drinking and cancer risk has been a big secret. I first wrote about it on this site back in 2021.
What would be the motive for the government to suppress this information? According to Vox, it’s this: "Americans today are drinking less. This year, Gallup recorded a historic low in the percentage of US adults who drink: 54 percent, down from 67 percent in 2022."
I bet the alcoholic beverage industry didn’t like hearing that. But it makes sense: I’ve read that Big Alcohol, like Big Tobacco, has been on the hunt for new revenue-generating opportunities, including some involving cannabis and nicotine, in hopes of replacing the lost income.
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Will It Ever End?
...he had become a prime target for exploitation by some truly awful people.
OMG- A Conspiracy?
I won’t attempt to translate that into dollars of lost revenue, but I imagine it’s a considerable sum.
A Bad Cut, at a Bad Time
Lives are at stake. We can’t rely on hunches. We need facts.
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Here We Go Again (Kratom)
...many of the former treatment patients quickly developed the same problems with kratom that they had with alcohol or cocaine or heroin— compulsive use, loss of control, and continued use despite adverse consequences.Â
Hardcore, once more
Incarceration alone is almost never very effective— in fact, drinking may well resume the day the offender is released.
Here We Go Again (Kratom)
...many of the former treatment patients quickly developed the same problems with kratom that they had with alcohol or cocaine or heroin— compulsive use, loss of control, and continued use despite adverse consequences.Â
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.
Should We Pay People Not to Use Meth?
...the fastest growing drug of abuse in many areas is methamphetamine, a stimulant. Incentive programs for drug abuse patients first appeared in the treatment of stimulant disorders, and much of the  evidence in support of the practice is based there.
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Overstimulated?
I was nonetheless surprised to learn that one of the areas where use increased the most was among people in their 70s.Â
Overstimulated?
I was nonetheless surprised to learn that one of the areas where use increased the most was among people in their 70s.Â
Autism Can Be Expensive
Anxious parents are seeking coverage for proven behavioral therapies and getting turned down.
Intrusions into the Mind
...there solely to promote an impulse purchase of something the viewer doesn’t actually need or want. In this case,  a return to drug use.
How Long Is Too Long? Board-wise.
Longtime members may become proprietary towards the organization, and resist much-needed improvements on the grounds that "we’ve always done it this way."
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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.
