Unfortunately, I doubt any policy makers–there or in the U.S.–will actually take its knowledge to heart.The authors recommend moving away from the ad hoc system currently used in the U.K. They propose instead structuring drug rankings based on expert evaluations of the physical and social harms t…

she? I have never understood why they’re so surprised. The transition from 5 cups a day to nothing made them (he? I just read a blog post by somebody chronicling their experience with inadvertent caffeine withdrawal. considering clearly, whether you can’t get locked up for consuming it and there…

The drug pop quiz and life sentence that followed contrasted sharply with another case in the same judge’s court, both of which were profiled last spring by The Dallas AM News. Hell, it takes the whole bakery.I couldn’t imagine being in that man’s shoes. After seventeen years of Texas imprisonment…

The questioning of drug policy is just the tip of iceberg. Frederick.Thank you to all who worked so hard on that fundamental case!You can read more about the case here, here, here and here. Yesterday the Supreme Court heard an crucial case about freedom of speech for students.If the government has …

Jointly-funded ‘Addiction’ pushes unproven brain disease theory, pharmaceuticals.The much-hyped premiere of the new HBO 14-part documentary series called “Addiction” aired Thursday night, and what was disguised as a positive look into helping people understand and overcome alcohol and other drug add…

One of the profiled individuals is a woman in her early twenties who has tormented her mother with her long-term drug use. We are told that the medics have tried CPR for nineteen minutes and we see the attendants find a pool of blood under the man’s back. Nora Volkow gets a lot of air day in that …

Working with our media team we were able to meet with reporters outside, who were not impressed by the ONDCP’s efforts to curb free exchange of ideas.Check out our media coverage online at: http://www.njn.net/television/webcast/njnnewstuesday.html, http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/new…

Last year when they came to testify, they basically enraged the committee they were speaking to. I don’t understand how they can spend taxpayer dollars to fly around the country and meddle in state affairs. Rumor has it that the federal government will be here to speak in opposition to the medic…

Country music, not usually my thing. But these guys (and gals) are great. Check out the factoids racing by at the bottom of the screen. OK.Original post by Jeanette Irwin

I was listening to a radio ad yesterday on my way home and somehow stumbled across a news story claiming that the American Medical organization Alliance wants to start giving self-moving “R” ratings to movies that display on-screen smoking.SERIOUSLY!?!?For some reason I found that astonishing. at w…