Inexplicably Drunk
Of course, clinicians who work with offenders are accustomed to the occasional client who shows up stubbornly insisting that he or she had consumed no alcohol whatsoever before arrest.
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Public vs Personal
Some will represent the very best medicine has to offer, and others will be, well, not so great.
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Alcohol and Cancer: Who Knew?
Americans have spent the last year indulging in more drinking than before, blaming it on the pandemic, lockdowns, etc. Are we really ready to give that up?
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The Caffeine Conundrum
Some years back, before the Modern Coffee Era began, there was a movement among alcohol and drug rehabs to eliminate caffeinated beverages entirely.
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Misinformation can be pandemic too
Will we at some point begin to see people arrive in treatment programs primarily to deal with their own harmful, possibly obsessive-compulsive relationship with social media?
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A Chronic Case
Risk goes up with advancing age and declining health, and this patient, a former star athlete still in his early 30’s, is a better candidate for surgery than many.
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Those Cannabis Concentrates
Nobody knows where to draw the line, however, between light and heavy use. That’s in part because the research is so far behind when it comes to cannabis.
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A Surgical Treatment for Addiction?
I understand the outcome in a second case was far less successful. That happens. Much research is needed before declaring any surgery ‘safe’ for most patients.
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Cannabis and The Age of First Use
…how would a whole industry based in recreational pot reduce access for underage kids?
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Second Hand Pot Smoke
…cannabis, particularly in the more potent forms that characterize contemporary use, does alter how people think and feel.
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Another Research Roundup
Wherever addiction is present, unintended overdose is the consequence, not the disease.
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Stigmatized
Logically, the disease model of addiction shouldn’t threaten anyone’s belief in their own ability to recover, any more than a diagnosis of diabetes or hypertension suggests you can’t successfully recover from those illnesses.
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How Conspiracy Theories Work
Arguing with believers about the merits of a pet conspiracy theory is ordinarily a waste of time. It’s too easy to ignore or discount any evidence that contradicts their beliefs.
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