Addicts You May Know
The popular “Nurse Jackie” series on Showtime gives us the chance to explore the fact that people with addiction issues may be your neighbors, co-workers, friends and family, and how this understanding is important to finding ways of addressing this large public health issue.
Medical Marijuana in Hawaii, Oregon, and the US
Medical Marijuana: concerns in Hawaii and Oregon about growing, providing and selling, as the US Justice Department increases its enforcement of federal laws on marijuana cultivation and sales.
More Training to Prescribe Opioids
The Obama administration recently proposed legislation which will require doctors to undergo training before being permitted to prescribe powerful painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin. The White House is absolutely committed to legislation that will make prescriber education mandatory, according to Gil Kerlikowske, the White Hojuse’s top drug policy adviser. The move would require Congress to […]
Survey shows drug use by young people increasing
A new survey shows a marked increase in Ecstasy ER reports as well as increases in use of all drugs except cigarettes. The annual Partnership for a Drug-Free America looks at drug use amongst adolescents and adults. The other two major surveys how the same trends in the US.
The business of addiction
Addiction, treatment and recovery are spawning more profitable businesses, from high-end treatment to a variety of media with tv series, and this week, a brand new website, by-for-and-of the addiction community. Also news on the cocaine vaccine, and how another state is readying a pseudoephedrine restriction to combat meth.
A Model of Treatment – Fr. Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries
Homeboy Industries began in 1988, in one of the toughest neighborhoods of central Los Angeles. It has become one of the premier models for creating viable, successful alternatives to some of our most vexing social problems – in this case gangs and gang violence. Father Boyle and Dr Darryl Inaba chat about the history and philosophy.