Overall category on drug issues from alcohol to marijuana and prescription medication.

The Perils Of Alcohol Abuse In The Workplace: 5 Tips to Protect the Company and Assist the Employee

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Wednesday, 17 February 2021 / Published in Alcohol, Alcohol Use Disorder, Drugs, Law
The generally held belief that alcohol consumption is a matter of personal choice, can make it difficult to identify an individual suffering from an alcohol use disorder (AUD).  While alcohol

The Equal Opportunity Disease

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Tuesday, 21 January 2020 / Published in Drugs, Substance Use Disorder, Treatment
Chief District Court Judge Tom Jarrell (Guilford County, NC) died suddenly last August in his bedroom.  His colleagues were stunned at his sudden passing at age 56.  They went from

September is Recovery Month

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Tuesday, 11 September 2018 / Published in Drugs, Substance Use Disorder, Treatment
A Time of Celebration and Hope www.recoverymonth.gov In Memorium: Christopher Kennedy Lawford, 33 years sober. While recovery should be celebrated every day, September is the 29thAnnual National Recovery Month to

Supporting the Rule of Law

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Tuesday, 01 May 2018 / Published in Alcohol, Drugs
By Guest Author: Judge Mark Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer, Texas Center for the Judiciary This past December, I traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan on a fifteen-day trip. I had been invited

Alcohol and Intimate Partner Violence

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Tuesday, 24 April 2018 / Published in Alcohol, Drugs
(Editor’s Note: April is Alcohol Awareness Month.  This is an important issue that involves alcohol) What does murder in America look like?  It happens at night.   The victim is the

The Opioid Epidemic

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Tuesday, 20 March 2018 / Published in Drugs
Opioid Addition
“According the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), in 2016, over 11 million Americans misused prescription opioids, nearly 1 million

Seniors and Marijuana: A Hidden Epidemic?

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Tuesday, 21 November 2017 / Published in Drugs, Marijuana
Every day 10,000 Baby Boomers (those born between 1946-1964) turn 65 years old and this “Silver Tsunami” will continue for the next 15 years. Within this group of Boomers exits

Not Your Usual “Drug Addicts”

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Tuesday, 31 October 2017 / Published in Drugs, Prescription Medication
A huge health problem facing the elderly is misuse of prescription painkillers. Senior citizens take 30% of all prescription medication but they make up only 12% of the population.  A

Pot Smoking Parents

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Tuesday, 25 July 2017 / Published in Drugs, Law, Marijuana
Voters or legislators in 29 states plus Guam, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical purposes and eight states have legalized it for recreational use.

“Dumb on Crime”

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Tuesday, 20 June 2017 / Published in Drugs, Law
Procedural Fairness
Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, liberals and conservatives, there was support from both the right and the left to dismantle the “war on drugs” and reduce mass incarceration.  For a number of