A logical starting place for a community concerned about drug use would be with data collected by their own health departments and criminal justice agencies, with the aim of funding and implementing a continuum of services that reflects the actual (and likely future) needs of their own citizens.
Ironically, the same research indicates that those opioids chronic pain patients depended on weren’t really doing much for their pain.
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Some less good news: Law enforcement sees evidence of aggressive efforts by drug cartels to establish supply lines and operations within the US.
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I’m curious as to whether the reductions in meth use could be expected to lead to eventual abstinence where meth was concerned. That’s been the hope for other maintenance treatments, for the most part unrealized.
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In the past, the task of selecting the right treatment for a depressed patient has been more than a little hit or miss, involving a certain amount of trial and error.
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Compared with no cannabis use, cannabis use was significantly associated with an 11-fold increased risk for psychotic disorders during adolescence…
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Professional treatment is by definition time-limited; recovery is not. That journey doesn’t end. Peer-based support is often better able to meet future needs.
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The organization formed… as a public-benefit corporation, in anticipation that MDMA-assisted therapy would win FDA approval and start to reap taxable revenue that it couldn’t manage as a nonprofit.
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“… Is [cannabis] good for you? It’s hard to find the literature that suggests that. Is it neutral for you? Maybe, for some people. Is it harmful for some people? Absolutely.”
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California State government has realized that these labs are essentially willing to fudge their results in order to please their customers in the cannabis industry.
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They found no clear correlation between cannabis use and a lessening of opioid dependence.
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What seemed so incredibly important while under the influence had lost a lot of its charm when sober.
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Simply bringing up the possibility of ‘doing without’ could be immensely threatening.
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