Gambling — A Public Health Issue?
...because gambling is now an industry with vast resources and a huge political presence, we can expect... significant resistance from those quarters.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 7, 2024 | Public Health | 0 |
...because gambling is now an industry with vast resources and a huge political presence, we can expect... significant resistance from those quarters.
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 4, 2024 | Public Policy | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 21, 2024 | Addiction | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 10, 2024 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 30, 2024 | Prevention | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 30, 2023 | Prevention | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 28, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
The DEA has committed to a public information campaign around the theme of “one pill can kill”. Although that’s technically true, I don’t know how much impact it will have on the target audience.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 11, 2023 | Public Policy | 0 |
Not surprisingly, people with more money kept right on drinking the way they had before, apparently unmoved by increased expense.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 15, 2022 | Resources | 1 |
Where fentanyl is present, single doses of naloxone often prove inadequate.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 24, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
These physicians are fully aware of the opposition that such proposals draw. Not only from within the alcohol industry itself, but also from drinkers who feel strongly that how much and how often they choose to drink is nobody’s darn business but their own.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 4, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
CDC reports that tobacco use is “…the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the U.S.” Nothing else comes close…
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 30, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
…one past error has been to overemphasize the more glamorous supply side interventions – interdiction and law enforcement – while paying much less attention to the demand side of the bargain.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 10, 2022 | Addictive Substances, Families | 0 |
…it can certainly make a young child sick. In some cases, it may even trigger a seizure.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Feb 21, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
But now, with the advent of fentanyl and the resulting cascade of fatalities, we need a way for users to protect themselves.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 27, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
…it’s foolish to expect an industry built around making, distributing, and selling (for immense profit) abusable substances to regulate themselves.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 2, 2021 | Public Policy | 0 |
…the narrower the gap between the incident and its consequences, the greater the deterrent value in terms of the offender’s future behavior.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 30, 2019 | Public Policy | 0 |
So, public health advocates maintain, the McConnell plan is really just a clever ruse to reduce support for other legislation that might actually reduce smoking and vaping.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 20, 2018 | Prevention, Public Policy | 1 |
We will have to deal with electronic smoking, which has exploded among young people even as cigarette use has declined.
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