Drugstore Cowboy

October 31, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

As soon as they were feeling better, the guys would gather in the lounge to swap stories of high-level burglaries and shoplifting expeditions on a grand scale.

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Politics and Drugs

October 14, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

And yet our legal system seems designed to punish the low level offender while protecting their counterparts in business and government.

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“Addicted”? Or “dependent”?

October 10, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

But it’s still confusing for many people outside the field, since unlike psychiatry, they don’t revise their thinking every couple decades.

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Skunked

October 7, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

There is research that links more potent cannabis, including skunk, to THC-related changes in the brain, among daily users at least.

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Bad Boards

September 19, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

I ask myself if this Board, as presently constituted, is capable of taking the organization to that level of success.

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Vaping Disease

September 9, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

We already know there’s a strong business link between vaping and Big Tobacco.

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Code of Ethics and Website Privacy

September 2, 2019 by Cecile

Our Code of Ethics Recovery Systems Institute, LLC (RecoverySI) is a private corporation. We hope that by providing free information and describing our services through (continued…)

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The Habit of Hiding

August 22, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

She had to relearn truthfulness, a day at a time, much the way the victim of a serious stroke might have to relearn speech.

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Cheaters Do Get Caught…

August 5, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

These multi-billion dollar fines sound enormous, but like the one levied on Facebook, they represent a small portion of the company’s actual assets.

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Drugs and the Homeless

August 1, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

…the problems we decide not to deal with at present go on to undermine treatment for the rest.

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