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Driver’s Ed

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 24, 2020 | In the News | 0 |

Of course, people who work in treatment know that there’s already solid base of regular users, millions of them, including daily smokers.

Kids Learn About Drugs

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 26, 2019 | Families, Prevention | 0 |
Legalization’s Impact on Cannabis Use Disorders (CUD)

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 28, 2019 | Addiction | 0 |
Cannabis and Mental Health

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 18, 2019 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |
Can Legal Cannabis Fix Vaping Illness?

by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 7, 2019 | Public Health, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Skunked

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 7, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

CBD Oil and Its Risks

by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 2, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |

That we have such a large and growing community of frequent users is a tribute not to evidence, but to hype.

Word of Warning

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 1, 2019 | Public Health | 0 |

Cannabis doesn’t replace opioids the way methadone or buprenorphine do. There’s no antagonist effect as with naloxone or naltrexone.

Is Cannabis Addictive?

by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 3, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

The best answer is the one we came up with to explain the selectivity of alcoholism: Differences in individual susceptibility.

Cruising With Cannabis

by C. Scott McMillin | May 16, 2019 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

There’s not a lot of disagreement about the potential for cannabis intoxication to impair driving performance, though without an accepted standard and a reliable roadside test, it’s not of much value in a courtroom.

Edible Alert

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 15, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |

…despite the rapid growth in new cases, the number still doesn’t equal alcohol.

The New Herbalists

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 8, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |

Unbeknownst to the patient, the CBD products they also use could affect how well those prescribed medicines work, or interact with them in unhelpful ways.