Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
On the way to New York city to visit my father this morning (he's not doing so well), I saw an amazing journalistic piece on the prescription drug problem, especially as it relates to loose prescription-record keeping laws in Florida, which is apparently the reason for the five times higher ...
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
As many of you know, I'm in support of animal research as long as it's conducted ethically and with concern for the animals' well-being. That being said, it would be an understatement to announce that there are others who disagree. All well and good as long as people are civilized.
I've ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
The pendulum swings again. After years of decreases in use and in perceptions about use, a recent report indicates that high-school kids are once again beginning to use , and consider less risky the use of, marijuana.
The movement is no doubt part of a semi-regular cycle. After lack of awareness ...
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
This post is based on an amazing broadcast I heard on KPCC, a local NPR radio-station; the story was part of Zocalo radio.
In the story, Dr. Josh Kun spoke about the struggles of the war on drugs and the recent massive casualties on the southern side of the border. I ...
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Hey everyone, All About Addiction got selected to be in another "Top of 2009" list. This time the honor comes from AllTreatment, a site that I think is the most legitimate treatment referral resource out there aside from SAMHSA's one (which is a bit outdated). My friend Mike's blog, Addiction ...
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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
My thesis manuscript has finally be published in a journal called The Open Addiction Journal. You can access the article there or at wepapers, where I've published the pdf file of it. Either way, access to the article is free!!
The paper deals with the relationship between violence (specifically partner violence ...
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
When the NY Times picked a focus for their most recent story on addiction policy and research, they couldn't have asked for a better representative than Dr. McLellan who after decades of addiction research is now helping to form U.S. drug policy.
The man is one of my personal idols and believes, ...
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