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It Sure Sounds Like Hazing

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 23, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

“It helps recruit students if the college has a reputation as someplace you can party,” he said. “But nobody wants to be known as the place where kids are likely to get in trouble. That scares away the parents.”

Not Much Drinking Required

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 7, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Curious about Sobriety

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 13, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Australians Get Drunk A Lot

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 30, 2021 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |
You mean Prohibition wasn’t all bad?

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 27, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
Competition for the Booze Dollar

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 30, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

Alcohol and Cancer: Who Knew?

by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 19, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

Americans have spent the last year indulging in more drinking than before, blaming it on the pandemic, lockdowns, etc. Are we really ready to give that up?

First Person – Mystery Solved

by C. Scott McMillin | May 13, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |

I suppose he was happy for people to see him as pigheaded, since it covered up the real problem: His rapidly deteriorating cognitive function.

DUI During a Pandemic

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 14, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |

Considering the number of cognitive errors involved, it shouldn’t be difficult to understand why so many first offenders are eventually arrested for a second offense.

An Unwelcome Consequence

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 28, 2020 | Addiction | 0 |

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.

Really Hardcore

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 10, 2020 | Addiction, Public Health | 0 |

Anyway, it’s clear from this and a host of other examples that for some offenders at least, simple incarceration is never enough.

Booze-Opioid Connection

by C. Scott McMillin | May 21, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |

After the third incident, the doc gave him an ultimatum – either get help or face a taper off the program.

Russian Revival

by C. Scott McMillin | May 18, 2020 | Public Health | 0 |

But Russians (again like Americans) tend to view the liquor store as an essential business.

Is it Just Capitalism?

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 10, 2020 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

I think it was hard for most of us to accept that elements within business, industry, and even government were deliberately influencing Mike’s choice.