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‘Responsible’ Dabbing?
But now we’ll be contending with business interests that actively promote cannabis the way the tobacco and liquor industries promote their products– but with even less restriction
Topics: cannabis
Trends in Cannabis Consumption
One in three users reported daily or near-daily consumption, close to triple what it was in the early 1990’s.
Topics: cannabis
Methadone Maintenance and Crime
So even if drug use decreases, and clients continue on methadone, they don’t necessarily make the other much-desired (by society) changes — such as giving up crime.
Topics: addiction medications, harm reduction, MAT, opioids, treatment models
Understanding Opioid Potency
There are so many opiates and opioids out there that for purposes of comparison, their strength is measured in relation to morphine, the principal painkilling component of opium.
Topics: opioids, prescription medications
Psychonautics
It’s the sort of evidence that convinced authorities to greatly expand access to opioids for chronic pain patients.
Topics: bad information, hallucinogens, research
Cannabis Next
At the moment, we in America aren’t talking or thinking very much about the possible consequences of a dramatic increase in cannabis use.
Topics: cannabis
Expert Nonsense
The flaw in this very late-stage view of addiction… is the suggestion that somehow, addiction is the patient’s fault. Avoidable if the patient simply followed directions.
Topics: MAT, opioids, prescription medications, risk factors
Cross-Addiction
Newcomers had a tendency to focus their attention on the drug that brought them to treatment, ignoring others they happened to have been using.
Topics: diagnosis, signs and symptoms
Boxing
I’m sure some is used to suppress withdrawal, but if it’s possible to get high, then you have to figure people are doing that, too.
Topics: addiction medications, MAT, opioids