In the News: Drug War Reboot?

February 19, 2018 by C. Scott McMillin

…if this type of strategy didn’t succeed 30 years ago, what makes us think it’ll be a success this time around?

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In The News: 56 Recommendations and Nothing On

November 13, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

When he speaks, he reminds me of others I’ve known who come from families that fought and lost a battle with addictive disease.

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Getting Drugs From Docs Part Three: Prevention

September 7, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

Try thinking of the interaction between drug seeker and practitioner as type of negotiation where the  two parties have very different goals.

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Getting Drugs From Docs Part Two: The Targets

August 31, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

There are just too many different forms of manipulation for any of us to be uniformly good at identifying them on the fly.

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Getting Drugs From Docs Part One: The Manipulators

August 24, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

One sign of vulnerability: the place tended to be too busy or too slow.

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Reducing Opioid Prescriptions

July 27, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

Eventually it’s the business that adapts to a changed environment. But before they do, some will go to great lengths to prop up the revenue from their current opioid products.

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In the News: Painkiller Control

July 3, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

We were warned about such risks, but went ahead anyway.

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In the News: Border Walls?

May 29, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

Battling an epidemic requires considerable cross-state cooperation and coordination– something that’s never easy, even with strong Federal support.

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Drug Sniffing Parents

May 15, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

…actually more of an issue now than in the 80’s, because of the presence of super-powerful opioids like fentanyl or carfentanil, and the growing risk of unintended overdose.

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Borders and Drugs

February 16, 2017 by C. Scott McMillin

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

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