‘Responsible’ Dabbing?

September 5, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

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

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Trends in Cannabis Consumption

August 22, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

One in three users reported daily or near-daily consumption, close to triple what it was in the early 1990’s.

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Methadone Maintenance and Crime

August 8, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

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.

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Understanding Opioid Potency

August 4, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

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.

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Psychonautics

July 28, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

It’s the sort of evidence that convinced authorities to greatly expand access to opioids for chronic pain patients.

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Cannabis Next

July 25, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

At the moment, we in America aren’t talking or thinking very much about the possible consequences of a dramatic increase in cannabis use.

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Expert Nonsense

July 21, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

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.

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Cross-Addiction

July 18, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

Newcomers had a tendency to focus their attention on the drug that brought them to treatment, ignoring others they happened to have been using.

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THC and CBD

July 14, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

High CBD content reduces the potency of the THC in cannabis.

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Boxing

July 7, 2016 by C. Scott McMillin

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.

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