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Crack Mad

by C. Scott McMillin | May 4, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |

It’s crime of the sort you expect to find in a Quentin Tarantino movie but I’ve come to associate over the years with cocaine, crack, meth, and other stimulants.

Driver’s Ed

by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 24, 2020 | In the News | 0 |
A Case of Drunk Driving

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 20, 2020 | Public Policy | 0 |
Who’s Raising the Kids?

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 13, 2020 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Elder and Addicted

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 23, 2019 | Treatment | 0 |
Drugstore Cowboy

by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 31, 2019 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

Secondhand Drinking

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 11, 2019 | Addiction, Public Health | 0 |

It can be flagrant or subtle, but damage it will be. Sadly, the drinker is usually the last one to become aware of it. In fact, many never do.

Coercion in Massachusetts

by C. Scott McMillin | May 20, 2019 | Public Policy, Treatment | 0 |

I compare it to finding someone lying on the sidewalk, helping them up, brushing them off, and pushing them down again.

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.

When Shame Would Help

by C. Scott McMillin | May 13, 2019 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

Clearly, these folks don’t experience shame in the way society expects. It’s why they arrive in treatment angry and defensive.

Treatment and Coercion

by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 25, 2019 | Public Policy, Treatment | 0 |

Those of us who work in treatment quickly sense a problem: people with addictions aren’t likely to respond to this approach.

Cannabis Consequences

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 31, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |

One of the key ingredients for a drug epidemic is a false sense of confidence in the safety of drug use.

Synergism Strikes

by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 3, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Health | 0 |

Then there are the users who seek to overcome their own elevated tolerance, which interferes with ordinary drug-taking, by simultaneously consuming a second substance of the same general effect

Dayton Gets Results

by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 17, 2018 | Prevention, Public Policy | 1 |

We should remember that Ohio’s Republican governor had to go against the wishes of many in his own party in order to achieve this.

Why Zero Tolerance Fails

by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 26, 2018 | Public Policy | 0 |

…as one judge told me at a conference: “no matter how many jails you build, judges will fill them. It’s the easiest way to make this someone else’s problem, instead of ours.”