The Meth Mess – Oman coming
...one past error has been to overemphasize the more glamorous supply side interventions – interdiction and law enforcement – while paying much less attention to the demand side of the bargain.
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by C. Scott McMillin | May 30, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
...one past error has been to overemphasize the more glamorous supply side interventions – interdiction and law enforcement – while paying much less attention to the demand side of the bargain.
by C. Scott McMillin | May 23, 2022 | Public Health | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 15, 2021 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
They wanted the problem off the street and out of their neighborhoods, post-haste. “If they’re locked up, they can’t buy or sell drugs,” proclaimed an angry parent
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It’s not one or the other, it’s about the synergy between them– toxic ideas, with a platform that allows them to spread.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 4, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
It’s crime of the sort you expect to find in a Quentin Tarantino movie but I’ve come to associate over the years with cocaine, crack, meth, and other stimulants.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 6, 2020 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Reports claim the new, more potent meth on today’s streets leads to much higher rates of unintended overdose, including the fatal kind.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 1, 2019 | Public Policy | 0 |
…the problems we decide not to deal with at present go on to undermine treatment for the rest.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 17, 2019 | Addictive Substances, Public Health | 0 |
The list of deaths from the practice is long and oddly prestigious, featuring celebs such as John Belushi and Chris Farley, among many others.
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…if the ground is now shifting to other drugs, then what are we doing in response to that?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 24, 2018 | In the News | 1 |
Naturally, high-energy entrepreneurs are attracted to stimulants. At least until they begin to experience the toxicity associated with too much of a good thing.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 8, 2018 | Addictive Substances, Public Health | 0 |
Of course, if you work in addiction treatment, you probably see some of these same meds being abused by young adults, often beginning in college or grad school.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 5, 2018 | Public Health | 0 |
There’s an ongoing search among users for ways to either improve the high (which escalating tolerance threatens to steal away) or suppress the withdrawal symptoms.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 17, 2017 | In the News | 0 |
That’s not so different from any number of celebrities who’ve died of accidental overdose in the years since the War ended.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 10, 2017 | Public Policy | 0 |
The FDA usually comes down on the side of protecting patient access, while the CDC favors greater restriction on availability.
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