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There’s long been evidence of a reciprocal relationship between cocaine and heroin use.

With the increased risk of overdose from fentanyl and other synthetics, the path to recovery may be even bumpier, in terms of repeat emergencies. The folks in the Business Office would rather avoid that.

An answer such as vigorous exercise or meditation or going to a meeting will never be as universally attractive to someone a few weeks sober as “well, here, why don’t you toke this?”

That’s why drug treatment may reduce crime, but doesn’t always eliminate it.

They soon realize they need to learn how to stay sober, while also repairing relationships, restoring health, and picking up the pieces of a career.

If we ever were able to “seal” the borders, what would prevent some entrepreneur from setting up his own domestic operation?

There’s no shortage of stories among nurses and doctors about a friend or family member who went through treatment and relapsed, perhaps many times.

Apparently, many voluntary self-excluders later change their minds in favor of a return to old behavior.

…cannabis is “likely to increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, social anxiety disorders and, to a lesser extent, depression.”

Problems show up first in hospital emergency rooms and in jails. Those are the closest thing we have to an early warning system.