Yet Another Celebrity Overdose
Expansion of Medicaid has greatly improved things for those at the low end, but we seem to have greater difficulty coming up with a decent solution for the crazy stuff that can sometimes happen at the very top.
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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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More about “The Pink Stuff”
…pink cocaine could be classified as a stimulant (MDMA), a psychedelic (the aforementioned 2-CB), and a dissociative anesthetic (ketamine). Along with whatever else the outlaw chemist may have had lying around the lab at the time.
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Seven Trips to Rehab pt 2
I remember the late James Milam PhD suggesting that the ability to vividly recall one’s first use of a substance might actually be an indicator of future problems.
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7 Trips to Rehab, Part One
These are issues that users seldom take into consideration, in the rush to get the drug. But healthcare professionals, and their attorneys, have to consider them.
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Mean Green
At this point in the US, there are allegedly a couple of hundred thousand people who would reasonably qualify as ketamine-addicted.
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A Backwards Look at a Celebrity OD
…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.
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Hunter on Trial
…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.
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The Perry file, part two
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.
Presidential Pill Mill?
I know something about how healthcare professionals are trained to manage medications, and this isn’t it.
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1st Person — A Greener Day
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.
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Celebs Getting Sober
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.
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