drug addiction Archive
Last week, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention published some findings about the persistence of mental health problems among juveniles who were detained at Cook County’s detention center (Chicago area). Part of the Northwestern Juvenile Justice Project, the …
NIMBY – Not In My Back Yard – is the rallying cry heard from many politicians and citizens when asked if there is a drug problem in their neighborhood or if they would welcome a drug treatment facility. “Sure, maybe …
; ; ; ; ; ; There’s plenty of blame to go around for the heroin epidemic that is currently infiltrating into our communities across America. We started off by blaming the doctors, who do need to share some …
Thank you for continuing to follow along with me as I explain ten reasons for the Heroin Epidemic raging across our country. My last blog pinpointed doctor culpability, and there is little disagreement how prescriptions have added to the problem. …
Welcome back to my Blog Site and I apologize for deviating from my planned sequential discussions of the “Ten Reasons for the Heroin Epidemic” but I really do have good reasons. I felt obligated to respond to the readers inquiring …
As you may recall, my last blog listed 10 reasons for the current heroin epidemic. Over the next weeks, I will be addressing who and what to blame for this epidemic and the changing demographics of today’s heroin user, which …
There are ten reasons that I can think of why we have a heroin/opiate epidemic, but before I go into all the reasons, let’s first get a few points established. A. The disease of addiction has three components: 1.Biological 2.Psychological …
