Just listened to the Huffington Post Live talk about the War on Drugs. 90% of the comments have nothing to do with it. It’s more about justifying whatever it is they’re doing or promoting, some random fringe method of not using. My response to the question about the war on drugs is, as I have […]
This week in the Daily Beast, an article entitled “The Heroin Hearing That Wasn’t”, told the story of several powerful panelists from Dr. Nora D. Volkow to Michael Botticelli, head of National Institute on Drug Abuse and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy respectively. The prescription drug abuse problem is, if anything, […]
…got up in front of over a thousand people in Atlanta tonight and utilizing evidence-based material, I denounced the massive over-prescription of Suboxone in America. No one else has ever done it for fear of retribution. I feared it but I did it anyway. I know I did the right thing. I hope I can […]
Speaking to the Members of the House of Representatives about the effectiveness of treatment instead of incarceration.
Presenting a keynote address in Atlanta next week at the 3rd Annual Prescription Drug Abuse Summit hosted by Senator Hal Rodgers, Head of the Senate Appropriations Committee. -Earl
Just watched a film called “Anonymous People”. Dr. William White said that if a person is anonymous and in AA, that they are ashamed. Not sure, but I think the traditions of AA mention something about anonymity being a spiritual foundation, the avoidance of ego taking center stage. More on this later. Earl
Met with CEO of Elements Behavioral Health for 3 hours this week. Abstinence based treatment is alive and well in Los Angeles. Thanks for holding the line Dr. David Sack! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sack-md/ #Abstinencebasedtreatment
Convincing an individual struggling with substance abuse to quit can be a difficult challenge. Just like any other struggle with addiction, psychological factors make it very hard to quit, so a person must be convinced on their own terms that the time is right. A group of researchers wanted to find out exactly what motivates […]
More of of opium based illicit drugs are reaching the Untied States and Canada than was suspected previously. These opiate drugs kill more people than any other drug.
The National Institute of Health has designed a questionnaire to help identify the symptoms of alcohol abuse and dependence