Thinking About Addiction

We’ve come a long way in treating addictions, but we’re still not very successful at convincing a patient to stick to a treatment regimen.

In their eagerness to reduce the size of government, states  have stripped away staff who would otherwise make onsite visits to ensure compliance.

Sometimes powerful business leaders sound like drunk drivers or corner drug dealers. Rationalizing, externalizing, minimizing…

Portman argues that since business and industry will directly benefit, they should take an active or even a leadership role in this effort.

Nonetheless, in most instances it’s an a priori resistance rooted in fear, rather than legitimate objections.

A big cannabusiness just purchased two hundred acres in Tularosa, Otero County, claiming that will eventually be the nation’s largest dedicated parcel.

That industry will do everything in its power to create and sustain the biggest possible population of chronic stoners.

I’d feel better if I knew some in our brilliant science community were working hard on ways to taper patients, if just the most highly motivated, off the medications with a reduced risk of return to heroin.

After all, you can’t afford to stop selling it. That’s not how you get promoted. What you need is science that seems to confirm your biases.