Undercounting– Again
And like the opioid epidemic, the virus disproportionately harmed the disadvantaged and minorities among us.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 12, 2020 | In the News | 0 |
And like the opioid epidemic, the virus disproportionately harmed the disadvantaged and minorities among us.
by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 27, 2020 | In the News, Public Health | 2 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 19, 2020 | Public Health | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 16, 2020 | Prevention, Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 30, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Health | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 9, 2019 | In the News, Public Health | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 1, 2019 | Public Health | 0 |
Cannabis doesn’t replace opioids the way methadone or buprenorphine do. There’s no antagonist effect as with naloxone or naltrexone.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 17, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Health | 0 |
The list of deaths from the practice is long and oddly prestigious, featuring celebs such as John Belushi and Chris Farley, among many others.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 17, 2019 | Public Health | 0 |
Now, with the introduction of fentanyl and carfentanil, the decision to inject heroin or cocaine can easily result in a fatality.
Read Moreby 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
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 27, 2018 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Drug dealers at the higher levels of the marketplace are much like other businesspeople in their natural aversion to bad publicity.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 12, 2018 | In the News | 2 |
It’s the result of a problem in medicine that’s been going on since before I ever started working in the field. The drugs have changed, but the results haven’t.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 1, 2018 | Public Policy | 0 |
I thought that blue ribbon commission did a pretty good job with its 60 recommendations, but I haven’t seen much subsequent action, have you?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 11, 2018 | Public Policy | 0 |
There are plenty of steps we could take, supported by research and common sense, that would produce measurable gains in a relatively short span.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 11, 2017 | In the News | 0 |
In this most recent example, the funds aren’t there. No new money attached.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 20, 2017 | Public Health, Public Policy | 0 |
But the repair isn’t cheap, and the outcomes require some patience. And that’s why efforts often fail. America gives up too early.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 18, 2017 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |
Then word hits the street of a new product that can make you feel almost like your first time… No wonder they come running. And some never wake up.
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