Has Drunk Driving Changed?
we often find ourselves in the position of addressing what's really an entrenched pattern of destructive behavior as if it were a one-time error in judgement. Because that's how the offender sees it.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 12, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
we often find ourselves in the position of addressing what's really an entrenched pattern of destructive behavior as if it were a one-time error in judgement. Because that's how the offender sees it.
by C. Scott McMillin | May 5, 2022 | Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 24, 2022 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Dec 2, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 5, 2021 | In the News | 2 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 18, 2021 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 14, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |
Considering the number of cognitive errors involved, it shouldn’t be difficult to understand why so many first offenders are eventually arrested for a second offense.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 10, 2020 | Addiction, Public Health | 0 |
Anyway, it’s clear from this and a host of other examples that for some offenders at least, simple incarceration is never enough.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 3, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians, Programs | 0 |
I realized it wasn’t really me he was angry with. It was himself. For getting caught.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 27, 2020 | Public Policy | 1 |
I know the public gets upset when they read that DWI arrests are again climbing, but that’s often a good sign.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 20, 2020 | Public Policy | 0 |
I hate to see drunk driving convictions overturned for procedural errors, because I suspect that eventually, those fatality stats will reverse course and begin to climb again.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 25, 2019 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
The research team examined 24 years of cases and concluded the impairment was attributable to opioids.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 12, 2017 | In the News | 0 |
So where does that leave us? Without a standard.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 27, 2017 | In the News, Public Policy | 0 |
Although polls show Americans are broadly in favor of medical marijuana, they’re not as enthusiastic about the prospect of sharing the road with seriously stoned drivers.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 2, 2017 | Programs | 0 |
A criminal defense attorney complained to me that his clients didn’t begin to take things seriously until the second or even third offense.
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