You may remember a few posts a while back about Dr. Carl Hart. He argues that addictive drug use is a rational choice by addicts and bases these arguments on his studies that involve giving crack to addicts and paying them for their participation in the study. Some of you raised the obvious ethical questions … Continue reading Hell no, they ain’t doing that to me again
Month: January 2014
Capitalism + Addictive Drugs = ?
When legalization advocates point to alcohol and tobacco, this kind of thing comes to mind. A report published last week in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research found that while the nicotine content of cigarettes has remained relatively stable for more than a decade, the amount of that nicotine delivered to the machines researchers use … Continue reading Capitalism + Addictive Drugs = ?
Being There During Bad Times
Andrew Sullivan has a MUST READ post about supporting people who are suffering. He pulls from the original post and a couple of responses. Please click through and read the whole post. This was especially striking: It feels like resignation or irresponsibility not to say anything to the person in the midst of trauma. At … Continue reading Being There During Bad Times
Is AA a Cult, or a Culture?
Our friend Jennifer Matesa has a great new post on the question of whether AA is a cult. “The Atlantic Group didn’t resonate with me. It’s like bars—it’s like drinking culture,” she said. “You can find the culture that works for you. Before I got sober, I didn’t like Manhattan drinking culture anymore, so I … Continue reading Is AA a Cult, or a Culture?
Recovery as a platform for Justice
Bill White had a recent post on recovery and justice: Addiction is an unrelenting relay race from drug experience to drug experience nested within equally incessant efforts to escape the growing consequences of drug use. The accumulating debts rising from these processes constitute a point of reckoning that must be faced in any attempt at … Continue reading Recovery as a platform for Justice
My first twitter chat
I'll be doing a twitter chat with Anna David on Monday (1/27) at 1pm PST/4pm EST on addiction and the law. More #lawandaddiction Twitter chatters (1 pm PST tmrw): @sachaZscoblic, @dawnfarm, @Guinevere64, @Dirk57: http://t.co/2nNDud6h40 — Anna David (@annaafterparty) January 26, 2014
Tribes of the Recovering Community – ILAA
This week's tribe is International Lawyers in AA: International Lawyers in Alcoholics Anonymous is a group of recovered lawyers and judges carrying the message of recovery within our profession. Our purpose is to act as a bridge between reluctant (in denial) lawyers/judges and Alcoholics Anonymous.
“looking past these behaviors”
This article got me thinking about the bigotry of low expectations and the importance of continuing to assert that every addict should be offered treatment services that provide a path to full recovery, not just symptom or harm reduction. If it's not suicide or drug overdoses doing the killing in psychiatric patients after all, how … Continue reading “looking past these behaviors”
Marijuana advocates target workplace policies
Since Jan. 1, it has been legal to buy and use marijuana in Colorado, but it's illegal for players under the NFL's collective bargaining agreement. In September, the Marijuana Policy Project, a pro-legalization group, placed a billboard outside Denver's Sports Authority Field at Mile High, calling on the league to stop punishing players for using … Continue reading Marijuana advocates target workplace policies
What kind of corporate citizen is Reckitt Benckiser?
While the story has nothing directly to do with addiction, Marketplace provides a little background on the kind of corporation that Reckitt Benckiser (manufacturer of Suboxone) is: Here's the background: Many rodenticides act as anticoagulants, killing pests by making them bleed internally. They're great at killing rats, but they're also killing animals that eat rats. Stella … Continue reading What kind of corporate citizen is Reckitt Benckiser?
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