Another Look at Diagnosis
But were we looking at two different disorders on a parallel course through the generations? Or a single genetic vulnerability, expressing differently depending on one’s sex?
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Why Doctors Dislike SUDs
SUD treatment has always been burdened by social stigma. As one private practitioner put it: “look, nobody wants those people in their waiting room. They just make my other patients uncomfortable.”
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A Bad Cut, at a Bad Time
Lives are at stake. We can’t rely on hunches. We need facts.
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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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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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The Natural History of PTSD
…nearly as many participants experienced worsening symptoms over time as those who improved. In those cases, time wasn’t much of a healer.
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One for PTSD, One for Pain
Many of the chronic pain patients I’ve run into suffer from both depression and anxiety, much of it related to their experience of pain.
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Yet Another Ancient Hallucinogen, Reborn
…ibogaine has been associated with “… serious adverse effects that can occur due to undiagnosed health conditions and/or concomitant use of other drugs.” As well as 33 recorded deaths.
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Checkpoint Challenges
By the time an offender gets caught, they are thoroughly convinced by their own experience that the risk of apprehension is minimal. So they’re surprised, hurt, and more often than not, really angry.
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OD Epidemic Nearing an End?
I couldn’t help noticing: The lack of references to the effectiveness of interdiction and law-enforcement.
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Can “Smart” Drugs Make Us Dumber?
Stimulants do tend to boost the individual’s self-confidence, at least temporarily. Cocaine and methamphetamine are known for it. It often escalates to grandiosity.
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About those prescribed stimulants…
…new data suggest that even those who think they are using their stimulant medications as directed may be at risk of substance use disorder
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“It was never a problem”
That’s important in a treatment context, because a history of multiple drug use means they will be tempted to focus on one substance — their “drug of choice”, whatever they may feel that is — while minimizing the importance of the others.
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