A pessimistic person might say that overdose deaths from fentanyl and carfentanil are not only out of control, but also inherently uncontrollable. These powerful synthetic opioids are potent enough to kill in extremely tiny doses and too potent to ever successfully keep off the street. What’s Causing Fentanyl’s Widespread and Deadly Usage? The problem is […]
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Marchman and Baker Acts: Proposed Changes in Florida
The Marchman and Baker acts need updating if Florida is going to meet the challenges of a raging opioid epidemic and deadly mass shootings.
World Health Organization Declares Gaming Disorder a Mental Health Condition
In mid-June of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared “gaming disorder” a clinically recognizable and significant syndrome.
Mastering Change – Part III: Common Threads Among Maintainers of Change (Continued)
This concludes my list of common observations among hundreds of long-term weight maintainers and individuals who have resolved serious drinking problems.
Mastering Change – Part II: Common Threads Among Maintainers of Change
I decided it would be really interesting to step back and identify what both groups of people – the “masters of change” – had in common.
Mastering Change – Part I: Focusing on Success Rather Than Failure
Early in my career as a counselor of overweight clients, I wish I’d received a dollar each time a patient said to me, “I know what I need to do; I just can’t get myself to do it.”
Fentanyl: Time to Open Our Eyes to Today’s Biggest Driver of the Opioid Crisis (Part I)
Multiple recent reports highlight the fact that the main culprit in today’s opioid crisis is fentanyl and its analogs, much more so than prescription opioids prescribed by healthcare professionals.
Alcoholics Anonymous Finally Addresses the Issue of Safety
As society begins to acknowledge that harassment, abuse and rape are real and serious issues, it is gratifying to see AA finally confronting the truth.
A Harm Reductionist Takes a Fresh Look at the 12 Steps
As I read the Steps again, I began to look at the them from a harm reductionist perspective. I found myself rephrasing them from the perspective as someone who does not believe I am powerless.
The Wrongness of Limiting the Administration of Naloxone
Raising the possibility of limits on the number of times a person may receive naloxone is a backdoor way to ask whether someone deserves to live.