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Anger to Action Nov. 01, 2014
You've heard the punch line that a sober horse thief is still a horse thief. The same is true for so... Read More
Officially Killing Americans Oct. 15, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration can make two types of errors. It can approve a drug that has danger... Read More
Beyond Marijuana: Legalize All Drugs Oct. 02, 2014
Thirty years ago, a college kid in Kentucky was caught growing marijuana plants in his closet. That ... Read More
I Had Surgery and I Miss the Drugs Sep. 23, 2014
I had surgery last week to remove fibroids from my uterus — a fairly common procedure — ... Read More
The Next Killer Apps May Be a Lifesaver Sep. 12, 2014
I'm from an era when a phone was just a phone. Some of you may remember those days. For a lot of fol... Read More
Technically Relapsed Aug. 16, 2014
Family members are critical to our understanding of addiction. A spouse or a parent or a grandparent... Read More
Why We Get High Jun. 14, 2014
Finally, an explanation of why so many of us get high — from "Dr. Ecstasy," the chemist who he... Read More
Wizard of Id
Jun. 13, 2014
Who Owns You? Jun. 11, 2014
Darcy Olsen, president of the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute, and Richard Garr, president of Neur... Read More
Truth, the Anti-Drug Jun. 07, 2014
We can debate the science of marijuana, a drug, and challenge the soundness of public policy about i... Read More
Helping Versus Enabling May. 27, 2014
Dear Jenny: My son is addicted to drugs. He is constantly in trouble, and has been in jail for posse... Read More
Smoke and Mirrors May. 17, 2014
No, smoke won't get in my eyes on this one. It won't cloud my perspective, either. But where there's... Read More
Freed Prisoner of the Drug War May. 04, 2014
MOBILE, Ala. — "That situation didn't define who I was," Clarence Aaron, 45, told a group gath... Read More
If Lethal Injection Is Torture, Who's Responsible? May. 02, 2014
News reports this week were filled with lamentations from death penalty opponents about the messy an... Read More
Getting Better Apr. 12, 2014
It's not a can of worms I've opened with my suggestion that recovery from addiction isn't an easy ex... Read More
If Not 'Fixed,' Then What? Apr. 05, 2014
All the time, people want treatment for addiction to "fix" their problem or the problem that's teari... Read More
Bullies Rule Mar. 26, 2014
We're told government protects us, but protectors quickly become bullies. Take the Food and Drug Adm... Read More
Meantime, Lest We Forget the 88,000 Mar. 22, 2014
Perhaps it is just a legend that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. But while the rest of us are all fi... Read More
Generation Recovery's Big Issue Mar. 15, 2014
There is a man who knows what his 21-year-old daughter in college needs to do to overcome addiction ... Read More
