Big W: U.S. Methadone Regulations Changed!
Details on big changes that SAMHSA has made to the U.S. methadone maintenance regulations in 2024.
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Nov 35 min read
Advice for Parents Who Are Afraid That Their Children Will Become Addicts
Advice for parents who are worried that their child will become an addict.
Oct 2010 min read
B for Vendetta: What Body Brokering Looks Like
Evidence of body brokering, sexual exploitation, billing fraud, and other unethical / illegal practices of addiction treatment providers.
Oct 1611 min read
Emma Wants to Live: Choice, Ritual, and Focal Anxiety in Addiction, EDs, and OCD
Reflection on the documentary Emma Wants to Live, which follows 18-year-old Dutch anorexic Emma during her final days.
Oct 125 min read
Xylazine (Tranq) Fast Facts
Key facts about xylazine. a veterinary sedative being added to "tranq" dope throughout the United States.
Oct 69 min read
In Memory of Zack B.
Dedicated to my friend Zack B., who passed away in 2020.
Sep 2913 min read
Tapering Tips: How To Wean Off of Opioids and Other Physically Addictive Drugs
Tips on managing the physical and psychological effects of tapering off of opioids and other physically addictive drugs.
Sep 1511 min read
Threats from Drug Dealers: How to Tell Who Will Really Mess You Up
Using threatening messages from a drug dealer as a case study of how to assess when you're legitimately in danger vs. when you're dealing wi
Aug 2927 min read
Last of the Laowai Part III: Holes in the Wall, Holes in the Brain
Funny and frightening stories from an American expat who weathered the COVID pandemic in Mainland China.
Aug 2310 min read
Snapshot: Drug Dependence vs. Drug Addiction - A Convenient Fiction
Why I believe that the mythical state of "pure" opioid dependence is really just a prelude to or a less severe form of opioid addiction.
Aug 1517 min read
Last of the Laowai Part II: The Final Resort
Funny and frightening stories from an American expat who spent the pandemic in Mainland China.
Aug 96 min read
Snapshot: Does Anything Ever Really Change?
"In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends"
John Churton Collins
Aug 612 min read
Novel, Rapid Methadone to Buprenorphine (Suboxone) Switch Protocols
Novel, rapid transfer protocols for switching from a full maintenance dose of methadone to buprenorphine in 5 days. With literature cited.
Jul 3115 min read
8 Warning Signs That You're Becoming Addicted to a Prescription Drug
It's a subtle, gradual, insidious process, and if you find yourself identifying with any of the warning signs that I identify here, beware.
Jul 2518 min read
The More I See, The Less I Know: Three Flawed Models of Addiction
Meditations on what I consider to be the three primary models of addiction: The spiritual, the moral, and the medical.
Jul 2311 min read
We Need a Fellowship in Detox / Withdrawal Medicine
U.S. physicians are in dire need of specialized training in withdrawing patients from physically and psychologically addictive drugs.
Jul 1111 min read
75 Dynamic Writing Prompts for Addiction / Recovery Journaling
A compilation of 75 writing prompts related to addiction / recovery, spirituality, and creative writing / fun.
Jul 25 min read
Are You Dissociating? 18 Specific Descriptions of Dissociative Symptoms
An explanation of what dissociation is, what triggers it, and a list of 18 highly specific examples of dissociative symptoms.
Jun 2519 min read
Opioid Receptor Dynamics 101: Full vs. Partial Agonists, Antagonists, and Precipitated Withdrawal
An overview of mu opioid receptor dynamics that explains affinity, full agonism, partial agonism, antagonism, tolerance, and withdrawal
Jun 180 min read
Shadow People Captured on Camera: Stimulant Psychosis Screenshots
Curated screenshots of a textbook example of stimulant-induced psychosis.
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