Treatment – Where are we and where are we going …
Where we stand in addiction treatment – starting with a scorecard using the Principles of Effective Treatment released in 2009 by NIDA. Also what impact the Affordable Health Care Act and Mental Health Parity and the Addiction Equity Act may have, along with some radical treatment approaches showing up in China and Russia.
Trends in Drug Use and Treatment
A look back at 2012, and what 2013 might hold in drug and addiction issues, and treatment … including the continuing stories of the new synthetics, aka bath salts, incense and potpourri — also the continued increase in heroin use as pharmaceuticals become more costly and harder to get. And where are we in the evolution of treatment?
Pharmacotherapy and more on MJ with Kevin McCauley
Discussing the implications of the new marijuana laws, and also the adoption of pharmacotherapy by the renowned Minnesota Model’s founder, the Hazeldon Foundation, with guest Dr Kevin McCauley.
More on Medical Marijuana
The recent presentation has changed my attitude toward medical mj. I am wondering if there is contrary research to his. I’m not going to advocate for any policy changes or start discussions with patients.
The deal breaker for me is the THC piece. THC is unwanted in medical mj. Therefore mood alteration is what you DON’T want for medical usage …
The presenter was measured and seems like a responsible, experienced clinician. I’m just impressed with how he uses the substance, how much discretion he uses and how he counsels his patients relative to DUIIs, adolescent ingestion of any mind altering substance — I think the guy who authored “Reefer Madness” did not help us use our intelligence when evaluating this drug.
Peaceful holidays to all.
New marijuana laws start 79 years after Prohibition ends
…the day that marijuana became legal in Washington is the anniversary of repeal of The Volstead Act, which prohibited the production, sale, and transport, but not private ownership or consumption of “intoxicating liquors”. The law, the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution … was significant in the creation of powerful gangs such as those led by Al Capone in Chicago, along with rampant political corruption resulting from the various issues of making, moving and selling liquor. Marijuana was made illegal about 5 years after the repeal,
Israeli Client and Datura
I am curious about the effects of a drug my Israeli client had taken. He says it grows wild – he even found it in wild patches of grass/weeds in Jerusalem. In Hebrew it is ‘datora inoxia’ or, in Spanish ‘herba el diablo’. He also referred to it as ‘Satan’s weed’. He had become completely psychotic on the drug, and had 7-8 psychiatric hospital admissions as well as the accompanying homelessness and arrests. He stopped using two years ago and is on an anti-psychotic that manages the psychotic symptoms very well. He has been experiencing steady improvement, resulting in reduction of medication. He has even attended college, is writing music and is able to work part time.