Public Policy

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.

This is in part a course correction from the trend of several decades ago, when the emphasis was on cutting expenses in the naive belief all addicts could be successfully treated on an outpatient basis.

I compare it to finding someone lying on the sidewalk, helping them up, brushing them off, and pushing them down again.

Those of us who work in treatment quickly sense a problem: people with addictions aren’t likely to respond to this approach.

…despite the rapid growth in new cases, the number still doesn’t equal alcohol.

Unbeknownst to the patient, the CBD products they also use could affect how well those prescribed medicines work, or interact with them in unhelpful ways.

…in many instance, it’ll be an unfair fight between enormously well-funded, politically savvy industry lobbies and a few determined nonprofits that advocate for public health.

Investors naturally seek to increase the value of their investment, while patients seek access to medication they need at a price they can afford.

I can imagine a hundred scenarios in which Dsuvia somehow leaves the battlefield and finds it way into the world of drug abuse.