Perp or Victim?

May 9, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

We can’t be too surprised at the extraordinary lengths that owners and CEOs will go to hang onto those profits.

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Ending an Epidemic?

April 29, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

It’s as if we can’t conceive of life without drowning ourselves in abusable substances.

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Communicating With Your Recovering Loved One

April 22, 2019 by Patrick Bailey

It is not always about having the right words to say, but asking the right questions and giving the space to answer with vulnerability.

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LSD in the UK

March 4, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

I recall several cases admitted to the inpatient psych ward at one hospital where I worked in Boston, usually with severe psychotic symptoms.

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Ganja Glut

February 4, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

When businesses are failing, they’ll try anything to earn back some of their investment.

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Cannabis Consequences

January 31, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

One of the key ingredients for a drug epidemic is a false sense of confidence in the safety of drug use.

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Does CBD Work?

January 28, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

These are questions that come up with every drug, not just cannabis. And unanswered, they can lead to problems down the road.

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Synergism Strikes

January 3, 2019 by C. Scott McMillin

Then there are the users who seek to overcome their own elevated tolerance, which interferes with ordinary drug-taking, by simultaneously consuming a second substance of the same general effect

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The Journey of the Heroic Parent

December 10, 2018 by Brad Reedy

Before trying to change behavior, we would be best served to listen to what their behavior is trying to teach us.

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Proactive is the Key

December 6, 2018 by C. Scott McMillin

Not Latin American cartels or Afghan warlords, but advocates for opioid treatment of chronic pain, and pharmaceutical firms with a substantial financial interest in selling opioids.

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