February 28th, 2013
2013 Budget Sequestration AKA The Fiscal Cliff Part Deux
Remember a few months ago, somewhere around the turn of the year, everybody was running around afraid of this thing called the “fiscal cliff”? Remember all the hullabaloo and ruckus about John Boehner vs President Obama and the coverage about who would budge first on the budget? Remember how ...
January 24th, 2013
The Helper Therapy Principle in action
Researchers at Helping Others Live Sober, a federally-funded non-profit dedicated to helping addicts stay sober, have found that the proverbial Golden Rule applies just as well to addiction recovery as it does to any other facet of our lives. They have conducted several longitudinal studies ...
January 15th, 2013
The Manchurian Candidate
How far would you go to cure your addiction? Would you sell all of your earthly possessions? Would you devote the rest of your life to charitable pursuits? Or would you prefer to have a hole drilled into your skull in order to allow a long electrode deep into your brain where an electrical ...
January 3rd, 2013
Colorado Cannabis Clubs: There and Back Again
Colorado’s recently passed Amendment 64, which decriminalized marijuana use and possession, has seen a number of businesses spring up in hopes of capitalizing on the new marijuana economy, although it still remains illegal to purchase the substance for non-medical purposes. Two such businesses, ...
December 20th, 2012
Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino, America’s Drug War, and Slavery
While doing press for his new film, Django Unchained, Director Quentin Tarantino spoke with George Stroumboulopoulos where he compared America’s Drug War and prison system to modern-day slavery. In the interview Tarantino says, among other things: “This whole thing of this ‘war on ...
December 13th, 2012
U.S. Marijuana Legalization has Murky Influence at Home and Abroad
The recent decriminalization of marijuana possession in both Colorado and Washington state has left in its political wake more confusion than clarity, which almost seems appropriate for any legislation regarding weed. Nobody really knows how the federal government will react and even local law ...
November 7th, 2012
Marijuana (Almost) Legalized in Washington State
Marijuana “legalization”. Tuesday’s major election saw President Obama into a second term, setting the tone for the nation’s next four years. But for Washington State residents, Tuesday also saw the passage of Initiative 502, a controversial law that in the next year or so is set to challenge ...
October 26th, 2012
Synthetic Drug Use On The Rise
Bath salts were only the first wave. Many new kinds of synthetic or designer drugs have begun to hit the markets. And they are becoming commonplace in the club and party scene. They are made by taking the basic structure of more popular street drugs, and replacing one chemical strand with ...
October 11th, 2012
Strange Addictions: Something Wacky This Way Comes
By now I’m sure we are all familiar with the standard list of things people find themselves addicted to – drugs, alcohol, gambling and so on. We have even come to accept new avenues for addiction, like tattooing, texting, and bodybuilding, without too much scrutiny. But with the rise of ...
