Chasing the Rainbow (Fentanyl)
I think poisoned Halloween candy would be extremely unlikely but potentially devastating to whoever was unfortunate enough to be on the receiving end.
Tag: risk factors
All
Latest
Cannabis-Related Illness
Problems show up first in hospital emergency rooms and in jails. Those are the closest thing we have to an early warning system.
Read More
Vagaries of Vaping
Helps to think of an electronic cigarette as just another drug delivery device, along the lines of a high-tech crack pipe, capable of carrying a number of different substances to the brain.
Read More
Expert Nonsense
The flaw in this very late-stage view of addiction… is the suggestion that somehow, addiction is the patient’s fault. Avoidable if the patient simply followed directions.
Read More
Attorneys, Physicians, and Alcohol
I never saw much difference between a lawyer or a doctor bitching about his job in group, and the same behavior from a CPA or a techie or a long-distance trucker.
Read More
Medical Cannabis: A Review
It may alter the nature of society’s challenges, and move them to other sectors of the economy, but I expect we’ll continue to have difficulties.
Read More
Risky Decision Case Study: Quarterback Derby
To a seasoned counselor, there’s another way to view it. For one thing, these aren’t isolated incidents.
Read More
Teachers Reduce Addiction Risk!
This is the first data-driven study which shows that teacher support is associated with lower levels of early alcohol use.
Read More
Another Worry for the “Sandwich Generation”
For these and other common procedures referred to in the study, we might not even know what the doctor prescribes Mom or Dad afterward.
Read More
Deterring Drunk Driving: Who’s Likely to Reoffend?
One or two (risk factors) is not as suggestive of repeat offending as four or five. But it does allow a clinician to apply a rough risk profile to a particular offender.
Read More