Showing posts with label Addiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Addiction. Show all posts
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Maia Szalavitz, Unbroken Brain

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Maia Szalavitz, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction .
Sunday, February 13, 2022

Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Are Rising at Troubling Rate

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One can't possibly imagine the loss of a loved one to opioids, among other things. I mean, the loss of a loved one is tragic in any case...
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Slow-Motion Suicide in San Francisco

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From Michael Shellenberger, " The city is carrying out a bizarre medical experiment in which they are helping homeless drug addicts use...
Saturday, August 31, 2019

Angels Pitcher Tyler Skaggs O.D.'d on Fentanyl, Oxycodone, and Alcohol

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I knew it. I just knew it immediately when the news broke in July that Skaggs didn't die of natural causes. What exactly killed him? N...
Monday, August 26, 2019

Decriminalizing Hard Drugs

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It's Nicholas Kristof, with a long piece at NYT, FWIW: Seattle is in effect decriminalizing the use of hard drugs, @NickKristof writes...
Sunday, January 13, 2019

Barry Meier, Pain Killer

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At Amazon, Barry Meier, Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic .
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Drug Overdoses Caught on Video

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This is a devastating, heart-wrenching piece, at the New York Times, " How Do You Recover After Millions Have Watched You Overdose? &qu...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Adam Alter, Irresistible

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*BUMPED.* At Amazon, Adam Alter, Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked .
Sunday, August 27, 2017

FOMO

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At Wired, " We Can't Stop Checking the News Either. Welcome to the New FOMO ." It's "Fear of Missing Out." ...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Internet Addiction Resistance

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Following-up, " Adam Alter, Irresistible ." Here's a great piece, with the reference to the book, from Ross Douthat: My ...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Deadly Fentanyl

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This is gnarly, at NYT: Fentanyl Outpaces Heroin as the Deadliest Drug on Long Island. #Opioids https://t.co/SZ7ArqAvPA — Donald Douglas (...
Friday, October 14, 2016

Generation Adderall

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This is an excellent essay, from Casey Schwartz, at NYT: Generation Adderall. https://t.co/gYvyrZNBaZ — Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) Octo...
Monday, February 9, 2015

'Timbuktu'

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The most beautiful moment in this film is the wonderful singing scene featuring Fatoumata Diawara . My God I almost fell out of my seat. ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Dodgers, #Angels Have Mixed Reaction to Tobacco After Death of Tony Gwynn

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I guess Tony Gwynn attributed his cancer to smokeless tobacco. I thought "What the heck?" when I heard he'd passed . He was ...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Bill O'Reilly on Internet Addiction

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I just watched this. The 8:00 o'clock O'Reilly is on right now. An interesting discussion at the clip. I took my youngest son to t...