A Problem with the Evidence
Current best estimates are that only some 25 to 30 percent of us are capable of reading and understanding the content of the New York Times Science section.
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A Change in Attitudes?
With pot shops on nearly every corner and pot users more common than ever, we’re seeing the consequences of what one expert called America’s ‘remarkably naive’ approach.
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The Risk Factor
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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Good News on the Overdose Front
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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At last a treatment for meth?
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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A Breakthrough in Depression Treatment?
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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Psychosis in the Age of Pot…
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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Keith Humphreys on Drug Policy
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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Approving Psychedelics
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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The Pot Paradox
“… 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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Testing…Testing
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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Is there a role for cannabis in OUD Treatment?
They found no clear correlation between cannabis use and a lessening of opioid dependence.
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