Medical marijuana busts increasing
The emerging medical marijuana industry is seeing increased prosecutions of growers, with the Federal Government downplaying its role, saying the push is coming from the states, based on profiteering, in violation of the various state laws prohibiting making money from providing medical marijuana for those who cannot grow their own.
Children & drugs: psych meds for the very young?
In our hurry-up modern world, we are prescribing more psych meds to young children, as an alternative to slower, more traditional approachs to kids who seem a little different … also a look at parent attitudes about their kids compared with their friends … and a brief discussion of “smart-drugs.”
Using Yoga for Addiction Recovery & Relapse Prevention
Integrative Recovery Therapy is a 12 week program that uses yoga methods such as deep breathing, yoga movements and meditation as an innovative treatment for addiction recovery and relapse prevention.
Salt, psychedelics, beta blockers offer new clues to addiction & treatment
Salt, a high blood pressure medicine and South American trance vine are all in the news, shedding new light on how addiction works, and perhaps offering new treatment avenues.
Smoking in the news
Smoking in public is facing ever-greater restrictions; individuals, and the tobacco industries are pushing back in court. Meanwhile varenicline (Chantix) has been found to have serious cardiovascular side effects. And the state of Oregon mandating no smoking or be disqualified from state-supported treatment programs.
Addiction and Aging Baby-Boomers
An addiction “boom” is happening to people in 50s and 60s – too young to be old, often caring for parents, or under-employed adult children often with their own families, and still working to try to make ends meet – is causing many baby-boomers to have more issues with addiction and substance abuse then perhaps earlier in their life.