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The firm’s managers conclude that sales would be a whole lot better if the disorder were better publicized and more people were diagnosed with it.

We’re talking about legal responsibility now, and that can run far afield from conventional moral judgment.

One in three users reported daily or near-daily consumption, close to triple what it was in the early 1990’s.

Some states have gone bonkers in their haste to make medical pot available for a host of conditions where it likely won’t be of much use.

The first time around, I thought it was the best-ever depiction of the impact of addiction on all levels of society– individuals, groups, institutions.

There are so many opiates and opioids out there that for purposes of comparison, their strength is measured in relation to morphine, the principal painkilling component of opium.

As has been the case in many states that have gone this route, it was the impassioned pleas of patients and family members that played a deciding role.

It’s the sort of evidence that convinced authorities to greatly expand access to opioids for chronic pain patients.

At the moment, we in America aren’t talking or thinking very much about the possible consequences of a dramatic increase in cannabis use.