Thinking About Addiction

It can be flagrant or subtle, but damage it will be. Sadly, the drinker is usually the last one to become aware of it. In fact, many never do.

It’s a real challenge for the folks on the ground to fit their reality into the prescribed format of a Federal grant.

The first trials did not demonstrate effectiveness beyond placebo. So the FDA allowed a third trial which apparently did, at least a little.

Cannabis doesn’t replace opioids the way methadone or buprenorphine do. There’s no antagonist effect as with naloxone or naltrexone.

We shouldn’t ignore the emotional factors involved in chronic pain– such as anxiety and depression.

The list of deaths from the practice is long and oddly prestigious, featuring celebs such as John Belushi and Chris Farley, among many others.

The best answer is the one we came up with to explain the selectivity of alcoholism: Differences in individual susceptibility.

So, public health advocates maintain, the McConnell plan is really just a clever ruse to reduce support for other legislation that might actually reduce smoking and vaping.

Will society benefit from greater access to this drug? Are there potential problems we haven’t anticipated?