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Opioid Epidemic Causes Unintended Suffering for Pain Patients
Progress and social change rarely advance at a steady rate, be it voting rights or drug treatment. They operate more like a pendulum, swinging forward, then swinging back, and then … Continue reading
Time for Drug and Alcohol Facts, Not Reefer Madness II
This week (through Sunday, June 27) is National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, a program intended to “to counteract the myths about drugs and alcohol that teens get from the … Continue reading
Alcoholic Personality: What Are the Signs?
Any kind of addiction may not be obvious in plain sight. If you suspect a loved one suffering from alcohol addiction, here are some possible signs to look out for. … Continue reading
Smoking in Rehab Means Half the Battle is Lost Already
Should clients in substance abuse rehabs for heroin or other opiate/opioid addiction be allowed to use methamphetamine or cocaine? Of course not, they are illegal, highly addictive, and detrimental to … Continue reading
Resolve to End Substance Abuse in the New Year
It is a new year, and that traditionally is a time for resolutions, for a fresh start, but most—80%–of New Year’s resolutions made in January fail by the end of … Continue reading
ObamaCare Has Increased Addiction Treatment
Politics keeps interfering with substance abuse policy, including addiction treatment, but progress is being made. The question is if it will continue. The 2008 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act … Continue reading
DUI of Marijuana Less Dangerous than Alcohol
Marijuana legalization continues to make strides. If authorities wish to put reasonable restraints on use, they must put forward factual information, call for more research, and stop dragging their feet … Continue reading
‘Beautiful Boy’ Has a Dual Diagnosis Problem
Films based on true events, whether personal stories or great historical moments, are nevertheless often factually challenged. Such films—A Beautiful Mind, Hidden Figures, Argo, Lincoln—tend to embroider the facts for … Continue reading
Regulating Smoking and Vaping: A Tale of Two Vices
In 2016 the-US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health. It was intended as akin to an earlier Surgeon … Continue reading
Understanding EtOH Abuse
EtOH is a term commonly used by academic researchers and those who work in the medical field to refer to ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, a primary component of alcoholic drinks. EtOH … Continue reading