A newly published full-text open access letter covers this important topic. Here are a few of the key points made by the authors. Mitragyna speciose, known as “Kratom” has a major alkaloid, mitragynine, and the metabolite 7-hydroxymitragynine. In leaf products (powders, etc.) these are typically 1-2% of the total content. Properties of 7-hydroxymitragynine include that … Continue reading Novel semi-synthetic 7-hydroxymitragnine products are here

This post isn't meant to suggest that ROSC or recovery advocacy are bad in any way. Rather, it is meant to suggest that Recovery Management has been underdeveloped while energy and enthusiasm have been focused on recovery advocacy and ROSC. It also isn't meant to assign blame, I'm just sharing an observation. Recovery Management (RM) … Continue reading Unpopular opinion: Attention to recovery advocacy and ROSC has come at the expense of Recovery Management, harming treatment patients

(source) From a 1995 study: As recently as 1988, researchers in New York City suggested the adoption of crack smoking, in lieu of intravenous cocaine use, as a mechanism of AIDS risk reduction (Des Jarlais and Friedman, 1988). However, recent studies indicate that when compared with intravenous drug users, crack smokers may be at equal … Continue reading Experience is the best teacher. What’s the lesson?

Consider these sentences from a journal article published in 1940: Etiology of alcohol addiction.  It has been generally recognized for many years that alcoholics do not form a homogeneous population but are heterogeneous relative to etiology, reaction, and course of disease. Definite criteria and relevant classification are therefore essential for the discussion of the phenomenology … Continue reading Sentences to Ponder (1940)