The Meth Mess – P2P
P2P meth seemed to accelerate the curve of meth addiction, so that the user deteriorated far more quickly than in the past. And suffered worse consequences – in particular, a kind of extreme mental toxicity
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Government and Opioids
No matter what the subject under discussion, the real business of government never changes.
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Another “Resurgence”
…the preoccupation with overdose death rates inadvertently distracted the public from a much larger and more enduring medical and social problem: an expanding population of persons with chronic Substance Use Disorders (SUDs).
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Drugs and Policing
Laws and policies are quickly enacted that, once on the books, often outlive the emergencies they were there to address.
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Undercounted
Typically, the researchers report, an undercounted fatality would be a white female between the ages of 30 and 60.
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Who’s Raising the Kids?
“It’s still about pre-natal care,” I recall one (nurse) explaining.
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The Return of Methamphetamine
Reports claim the new, more potent meth on today’s streets leads to much higher rates of unintended overdose, including the fatal kind.
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Oh– as for Fentanyl…
…we’re often well behind the curve in terms of what’s actually happening in colleges and bars and on the streets around America.
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Politics and Drugs
And yet our legal system seems designed to punish the low level offender while protecting their counterparts in business and government.
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Politics and Drugs
And yet our legal system seems designed to punish the low level offender while protecting their counterparts in business and government.
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Fentanyl Goes West
It’s Business 101, for illegal as well as legal enterprises.
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Cheaters Do Get Caught…
These multi-billion dollar fines sound enormous, but like the one levied on Facebook, they represent a small portion of the company’s actual assets.
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Stimulants Today
The list of deaths from the practice is long and oddly prestigious, featuring celebs such as John Belushi and Chris Farley, among many others.
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