by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Dec 29, 2017 | Chapters Blog, Drug Abuse
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Marijuana is a gateway drug, that is, if you use it, you will go on to use other drugs. I first remember hearing that theory on an episode of Dragnet in the 1960s, where Joe Friday claimed that whenever they arrested a...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Nov 1, 2017 | Chapters Blog
Yes, this is another blog post about drugs and drug use and how both are depicted in the movies. Yet, such depictions often illustrate larger truths about drug abuse and the societies where such works are produced. They can even be instructional. Many films have...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Oct 23, 2017 | Chapters Blog
We recently discussed whether pop culture products such as the television series Breaking Bad glamorize drugs such as methamphetamine (meth). Given the myriad number of projects that have discussed drugs and drug use over the years, we’ll probably never have a...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Oct 16, 2017 | Chapters Blog
Is the war on drugs working? Some legislators in the U.S. state of Oregon apparently don’t believe that it has. They’re promoting an addiction-fighting idea that is controversial, to say the least. The idea? Decriminalizing small amounts of drugs. Drugs that aren’t...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Sep 20, 2017 | Chapters Blog
It’s no mystery that Hollywood and the famous stars that inhabit the upper echelon of stardom have faced an alarmingly high number of addictions. This seems to be especially true for musicians and actors who have grown up in the spotlight. Aaron Carter is no...
