A War with No Ending
At present, the emphasis is on interdiction, the supply side. Meanwhile, we struggle with cuts in resources for treatment and prevention – the demand side.
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Not Necessarily Good News
…Trump’s order also calls on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to defund addiction programs that include “harm reduction.”
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A Complicated Question
…would prospective parents be dissuaded from giving birth in the hospital, fearing their newborn would be taken from them, and instead choose to have the birth in a less medically safe setting?
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An Odd Situation Indeed
“…Patients who test negative, and their clinicians, may have a false sense of security about use of opioids…” Something that we know from long, long experience can be dangerous.
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A bright idea?
The big players merge with or acquire local brands, then aggressively lobby politicians to restrict (or even prohibit) competition from independent businesses.
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Odds & Ends from Pot Nation
To date, we continue to lack a widely- used, effective roadside method for detecting cannabis impaired driving.
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Gas Station Heroin, Again
I can’t help thinking that unintentional ODs would be fairly common, since the recommended doses on the product label would be, well, unreliable.
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Adventures in Shrooming
What is the psilocybin content of any particular dried mushroom? Does anybody know?
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A Bad Test Result
I don’t know how often we question the findings, but it makes me think that a critical examination of our own procedures, say on a quarterly and yearly basis, might be a heck of a good idea.
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Pot Sales on the Rez
The state’s process, the article suggests, is prohibitively expensive, well beyond the means of any ordinary tribe member. In effect, limiting the cannabis trade to the equivalent of big business interests.
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Does Minimum Unit Pricing Work?
I’d have to call MUP a blunt instrument. One that does achieve its primary goal– that’s important– but not without possible consequences.
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To Qualify for Medical Pot…
As it turns out, most of the qualifying conditions weren’t well-supported by science. Then or now.
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Stiffer sentences? Maybe try something else…
Perhaps society should focus on finding solutions that are demonstrably effective, instead of simply boosting the severity of punishment.
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