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Top Substance Abuse Research Findings of 2012 from About.com
Buddy T., anonymous recovery writer for About.com, penned a wonderful column on the most important research about ATOD in 2012. And, leading the way are — new findings on the harms of marijuana. Our knowledge about the science of marijuana … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholics Anonymous, Binge drinking, Cannabis, Drug abuse, Drug treatment, Drugged driving, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Recovery, Substance abuse, Substance use disorder treatment, Treatment, Weed
Tagged About.com, addiction, alcoholism, binge drinking, Buddy T., cannabis, cannabis addiction, drug treatment, drugged driving, marijuana, medical marijuana, treatment, weed
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Legalization may mean more drugged driving — and more drunk-drugged driving
With the legalization of marijuana, more people will be smoking marijuana, so drugged driving will likely increase. The marijuana lobby likes to suggest that more people smoking weed will mean fewer people drinking – therefore, less drunk driving. But researchers say there’s no evidence of that. So, we will probably have an increase in drugged driving while drinking and driving remains the same. If so, it follows that drinking and drugging while driving may increase. That’s not a good situation, to put it mildly. Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Cannabis, Drug abuse, Drugged driving, Drunk driving, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, MJ lobby, Recovery, Substance abuse, Weed
Tagged cannabis, drugged driving, drunk driving, DUI, DWI, legalization, marijuana, marijuana legalization, weed
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Marijuana legalization: Damn the science, full speed ahead
By Jim Gogek If tobacco was not legal, and we knew the full scientific extent of its health impacts, would we legalize it today? Not a chance. A substance that’s dangerously addictive and kills half the people who use it … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Drug abuse, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, MJ lobby, Pot doc, Recovery, Substance abuse, Substance use disorder treatment, Treatment, Weed
Tagged adolescent marijuana use, cannabis, cannabis addiction, cannabis addiction treatment, legalize marijuana, marijuana, marijuana addiction, marijuana legalization, marijuana lobby, pot, weed
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Substance abuse a “crisis” in military; Defense Department response is inadequate and outdated: Report
Substance abuse in the Armed Forces is a crisis situation that reduces military readiness. And the Defense Department’s response is inadequate and outdated. Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Binge drinking, Drug abuse, Drunk driving, Integrated treatment, Military substance abuse, Painkiller abuse, Recovery, Substance abuse, Substance use disorder treatment, Treatment, Uncategorized, Underage drinking
Tagged addiction, Air Force, alcohol, alcohol abuse, Armed Forces, Army, defense, Defense Department, DoD, drug abuse, drug treatment, Marines, military, Navy, substance abuse, substance use disorder, treatment
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Free will doesn’t work with addiction, and science shows why
By Jim Gogek A lot of people stigmatize addiction by talking about bad choices and free will. Folks in recovery and addiction treatment professionals have known for decades that free will can’t help an addict choose not to drink or … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, Recovery, Tobacco
Tagged addiction, alcohol, brain, compulsive, craving, drugs, limbic, nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex, recovery
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ATODblog:2010 in review
Wish I had more time to devote to this blog… Anybody else who thinks the same way I do about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs want to submit a post? Anyway, here’s the figures on readership for last year, courtesy … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Alcohol taxes, Big Tobacco, Binge drinking, Cigarette warning labels, College drinking, Drug abuse, Healthcare reform, Integrated treatment, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, MJ lobby, Painkiller abuse, Parity, Pot doc, Poverty, Prevention, Recovery, SBI, Second-hand smoke, Smoke-free, Smokeless tobacco, Social host, Substance abuse, Substance use disorder treatment, Tobacco, Tobacco and kids, Tobacco marketing, Treatment, Treatment until recovery, Underage drinking, Underage drinking parties
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Medical associations coming out against medical marijuana as the reality of state pot laws gets silly
Medical marijuana is getting more and more ridiculous. And the news media, finally, is finally taking a more discriminating look at the whole issue. In the beginning, the media took a “wow, cool…” view of the subject, succumbing … Continue reading
Posted in Drug abuse, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, MJ lobby, Pot doc, Substance abuse
Tagged marijuana, medical marijuana, pot caregiver, pot clinic, pot doc
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Treating addiction as a chronic disease, or how can something that makes so much sense be so impossible to achieve?
It’s been ten years since a special communication in the Journal of the American Medical Association by four leading experts declared that drug dependence (including alcohol) should be treated as a chronic medical problem, not a social problem. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, Integrated treatment, Parity, Recovery, Substance abuse, Substance use disorder treatment, Treatment, Treatment until recovery
Tagged abuse, alcohol, alcohol treatment, dependence, drug treatment, drugs, integrated drug treatment, integrated substance use disorder treatement, JAMA, ONDCP, rehab, rehabilitation, substance use disorders, treatment, treatment integrated into primary care
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Marijuana addiction: MJ lobby vs. science
Is marijuana physically addictive or not? The MJ lobby says no. But medical science says otherwise. Who do you believe? Like almost all ballot measures and new laws, Proposition 19, California’s marijuana legalization initiative, includes many one-sided arguments and conjecture … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Drug abuse, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, MJ lobby, Recovery, Substance abuse, Treatment
Tagged adolescent marijuana use, cannabis addiction, cannabis addiction treatment, legalizing marijuana, legalizing marijuana in California, marijuana, marijuana addiction, marijuana addiction treatment, marijuana lobby, MJ, MJ lobby
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Two cheers for Fair Sentencing Act: Equality for rock and powder cocaine won’t help end the War on Drugs
The disparity between criminal sentencing for crack and powder cocaine was quite heinous; young black men carrying a rock or two got prison while young white men with a gram or two got probation. And that went on for years … Continue reading
