Does Tramadol Get You High?
Will Tramadol Cause You to Get High? There are many drugs out there which could cause someone to get high. It is controversial whether Tramadol is one of those drugs. … Continue reading
President Donald Trump’s New Opioid Epidemic Plan: First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Dealers
According to historical legend, the Gordian knot was a knot so difficult that it was impossible to unravel. Alexander the Great solved the problem by cutting it with a sword. … Continue reading
Death Penalty Won’t Stop Opioid Epidemic
To end substance abuse, whether drugs or alcohol, you must stop the supply and/or the demand. Stopping demand means reducing the number of people who want the drugs, even if they are … Continue reading
New Year’s Celebrations, Drinking, and Relapse
This blog post was published on January 1, 2018. This is the first day of the year, New Year’s Day, on many calendars in many countries. People celebrate the end … Continue reading
Digital Pill Not a Solution For Drug Abuse Treatment
Is there really a need for a pill with a sensor that will tell your doctor — and perhaps your partner or family members — that you have or have … Continue reading
Treating Drug Addiction, Not Punishing It
“Lock them away and throw away the key.” That seems to be the attitude many people have held about people who use and sell drugs, especially in the past. But … Continue reading
When Substance Abuse Leads to Impaired Driving, Alcohol is ‘Biggest Highway Safety Problem’
Critical thinking requires receiving information from more than one source, and more than one viewpoint. It also helps if the source of the information is trustworthy, such as maybe calling … Continue reading
Surgeon General Must Embrace Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment, Harm Reduction
One predictor for future behavior is past behavior. Recently the Huffington Post re-ran a 2015 post on how present-day US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, then Indiana State Health Commissioner, … Continue reading
President’s Opioid Addiction Emergency Plan Lacks Urgency
President Donald Trump has proposed his opioid epidemic plan. It has three main strategies: Mount a campaign to persuade young people not to abuse drugs in the first place. This … Continue reading
6 Things You Should Know About Rehab
Making the decision to go to rehab for drug addiction – and following through – can be a difficult choice. Many people have a hundred and one excuses for why … Continue reading