When Mother's Day Hurts
Last year, I wrote about coping with an unhappy mother's day when your relationship with your mother is less than perfect. A comment from a reader yesterday reminded me that it is not only the children of abusive mothers who find this annual celebration painful, but also those mothers whose children have turned away from them. Read More...
DSM-V Re-Opened For Feedback
The controversial fifth edition of the gold-standard medical textbook used for the diagnosis of mental conditions, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-V, has been re-opened for feedback from the public until June 15th, 2012. Read More...
Drug Czar Confuses Hemp with Marijuana
A recent blog in the Huffington Post claimed that US Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, confused the hemp plant with the marijuana plant in a bizarre defense of the move to disallow US farmers from producing industrial hemp. Read More...
Mad Men on Acid
Last night's episode of Mad Men showed a group of middle aged executives dropping acid together. This bizarre muddle of clichés and myths about LSD bore little resemblance to the psychedelic experience as reported by those who have taken it. Read More...
Is 4/20 Really Supporting Marijuana Legalization?
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Yesterday, cities all over North America engaged in public demonstrations of marijuana smoking, perportedly to protest the illegal status of marijuana, and to support the legalization of marijuana. But is 4/20 really achieving its stated aims? Read More...
Marijuana For Stress Management -- How Ironic!
One of several myths about marijuana is that it helps people cope with stress. Many clients entering treatment are terrified that they will never be able to cope with the stresses and strains of life without their daily toke, yet the irony of the situation is that often it is the drug itself that is impairing their ability to cope in the first place. Read More...
Drunk Driving Activist Goes to CIMMFest
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Remember Timmy Grins, the rapper who warned of the personal consequences of drunk driving? Read More...
Heroin in the Movies
Usually, when drugs like heroin make an appearance in a movie, it is to add a touch of glamour or danger, or to let us know that this is a really bad guy. But some movies make a real effort to portray heroin addiction. Read More...
LSD Experiments on Alcoholism Reviewed
Several studies conducted in the 1960s showed improvement in alcoholics who were given the hallucinogen, LSD, as a type of therapy. Although the research was abandoned when the drug was made illegal, as U.S.News & World Report Healthday reports, there has been recent interest in the therapeutic potential of hallucinogenic drugs. Read More...
Madonna Cashes In on Ecstasy Culture
Madonna caused a stir at the weekend, by asking the audience whether they had "seen Molly" -- apparently a reference to the drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy, while promoting her aptly named album, MDNA. Read More...