A drug test hits the headlines…
...simply holding up a sheet of paper with numbers purporting to be the results of a drug test, may possibly be the least reliable way to demonstrate continuing abstinence from drug use.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 26, 2025 | In the News | 0 |
...simply holding up a sheet of paper with numbers purporting to be the results of a drug test, may possibly be the least reliable way to demonstrate continuing abstinence from drug use.
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 25, 2024 | Addiction | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 11, 2024 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 17, 2024 | Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 14, 2024 | Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 2, 2024 | Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 15, 2024 | Addiction | 0 |
…it’s a story I must have heard a thousand times from people in treatment. Drug addicts getting together to form a mutual ‘support system’ for drug use.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 1, 2024 | Recovery | 0 |
…in the claustrophobic environment of a trial, it seems it’s still permissible to treat the consequences of this complex, multifactorial chronic disorder as simply the result of some poor soul’s irresponsible decision-making.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 10, 2024 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
It’s gained acceptance as a remedy for a host of mental health problems, including major disorders.
That’s in spite of the fact that the FDA has yet to approve the drug for the treatment of any psychiatric condition.
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 7, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
I know something about how healthcare professionals are trained to manage medications, and this isn’t it.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 1, 2024 | Recovery | 0 |
The fact is, about a third of US adults don’t drink at all, or they drink so occasionally as to qualify as nondrinkers. I’ve noticed how difficult it can be for some patients in addiction treatment to believe that.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 13, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
These could be interpreted as signs that someone is in the Action stage of change. That’s not a bad place to be, provided you keep at it and don’t give up.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 6, 2023 | Addiction | 0 |
If we conceive of addiction as a disease, Perry would represent those most vulnerable to it. Very little actual exposure to substances would be enough to trigger that pathology.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 5, 2023 | Recovery | 0 |
I’m never quite sure what sobriety means to a celebrity drug user – is it total abstinence from all drugs?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 17, 2023 | Addiction | 0 |
What interested me was that this episode was first broadcast in 1988 – around the beginning of the prescription opioid epidemic.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 6, 2023 | Addiction, In the News | 0 |
Yes, it’s horrifying to read about the exploits of addicts in the grip of addiction — it’s horrifying for many of them, too — but is it something we should use against them, for purely political advantage?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 17, 2023 | Addiction | 0 |
His death was an accident in the sense that nothing was found to suggest he intended to die.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 16, 2023 | Recovery | 0 |
…nowadays Flavor Flav is repping the sober life. Calling on today’s rap artists to “do better when it comes to depicting drug use in their lyrics.”
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