Sad Circle
An athlete with a gambling problem goes into deep debt, can’t possibly pay it off. Solution: borrow even more money, adding a second debt to what remains of the first.
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A near-catastrophe, featuring psilocybin
…it’s a fairly typical example of delusional thinking. Incredibly dangerous when the person with psychosis is flying an airplane.
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An Uncomfortable Question
Unlike the gambler, casino owners and managers and online betting shops are in it for the money – and really, not much else.
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A Link with Dementia
“The genetic analyses results (showed) that even small amounts of alcohol could increase dementia risk…”
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OMG- A Conspiracy?
I won’t attempt to translate that into dollars of lost revenue, but I imagine it’s a considerable sum.
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Will It Ever End?
…he had become a prime target for exploitation by some truly awful people.
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Still Counting Drinks, Eh?
In practical terms, it’s far more helpful for a working counselor to focus on the problems that result, directly or indirectly, from high-intensity drinking, than on the amounts themselves.
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Hardcore, once more
Incarceration alone is almost never very effective— in fact, drinking may well resume the day the offender is released.
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Can “Smart” Drugs Make Us Dumber?
Stimulants do tend to boost the individual’s self-confidence, at least temporarily. Cocaine and methamphetamine are known for it. It often escalates to grandiosity.
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Sad, But Also True
She wasn’t being entirely altruistic– she did charge participants a cool five hundred dollars apiece– but it’s reasonable to assume that she meant well, with no intent to cause harm.
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More Perry
Sounds as if Perry probably wasn’t the only customer, either.
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Edible Question
Once again, there seems to be general agreement that daily cannabis use, especially the heavier sort, is associated with the most adverse consequences.
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Pot Leading to Violence?
As THC content rises, the effects of THC change. The risk of problems goes up along with it.
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