by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jul 18, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction Support, Chapters Blog, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehab, Rehab Programs, Treatment Centers
Many doctors, politicians and even patients overlook or resist one of the most effective treatments for drug abuse: medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with Suboxone (a tamper-resistant form of buprenorphine) or methadone. Seeing a patient rushed to the emergency room...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jul 11, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction Support, Chapters Blog, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehab, Rehab Programs, Treatment Centers
Last month the US House of Representatives, cognizant that all 435 members are up for re-election in November – with very little to show for it legislatively – passed more than 50 bills dealing with the opioid epidemic and drug abuse in general. Despite the number of...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jun 27, 2018 | Addiction, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehab, Mental health
What’s the greater threat facing the United States from over the Mexican border: illicit drugs or undocumented immigrants? To the US executive branch, the answer seems to be both, because President Donald J. Trump seems to believe most of the drugs entering our...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 30, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction Support, Alcohol Rehab, Alcoholic, Chapters Blog, Drug Abuse
There are a series of television ads currently running in which a man in doctor’s scrubs urges you to call a number for addiction services. Lately, the ads have gotten more belligerent. The man says something like, “You know who I am. Why haven’t you...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 23, 2018 | Drug Abuse, Drug Rehab, Rehab Programs
While medical marijuana may not always be used for strictly health-related reasons, it is not an oxymoron. Scientifically rigorous proof of the benefits of cannabis is not always available due to limits on legal research by the federal government. After researchers...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 9, 2018 | Addiction, Chapters Blog, Drug Abuse
Last month a study was published—and widely written about in the media—about a medical condition associated with chronic marijuana use: scromiting. More precisely and often known as cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), the catchier name is a portmanteau word...
