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If we ever were able to “seal” the borders, what would prevent some entrepreneur from setting up his own domestic operation?

There’s no shortage of stories among nurses and doctors about a friend or family member who went through treatment and relapsed, perhaps many times.

Apparently, many voluntary self-excluders later change their minds in favor of a return to old behavior.

Don’t forget that relatively few Americans vote in local elections. That may be a disgrace, but it also means that advocacy by a committed few can have the greatest impact.

A doc who’s watching the clock is far less likely to expend valuable time chatting with a patient.

…cannabis is “likely to increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, social anxiety disorders and, to a lesser extent, depression.”

It’s an illness that at different times seems to respond to everything and nothing. As in ‘everything works for someone, and nothing works for everyone.’

Problems show up first in hospital emergency rooms and in jails. Those are the closest thing we have to an early warning system.

Medicare spending on compounded topical drugs has surged 3400% since 2006.

Once the demand for a drug is well-established, as it is for alcohol, people will find a way to get it, legal or otherwise.