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Number of US Newborns with Drug Withdrawal Triples

May 14, 2012 By Phil Hickey | Leave a Comment

Yahoo News recently ran an Associated Press article with the above heading.  Here are some quotes: Disturbing new research says the number of U.S. babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has tripled in a decade because of a surge in pregnant women’s use of legal and illegal narcotics, including Vicodin, OxyContin and heroin,… Continue Reading

Drugs and Alcohol (Part 3)

October 16, 2010 By Phil Hickey | 16 Comments

This post was edited and updated on June 29 2014, to include additional thoughts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Rational Policy on Drugs and Alcohol In my last post I argued against government prohibitions against drugs and alcohol.  My position is that substances… Continue Reading

Drugs and Alcohol (Part 1)

September 30, 2010 By Phil Hickey | 4 Comments

The APA’s DSM lists two broad categories of diagnoses in this area: dependence and abuse. So we have alcohol dependence and alcohol abuse; amphetamines dependence and amphetamines abuse; cocaine dependence and cocaine abuse. And so on. Dependence is defined by the presence of three or more of the following criteria: tolerance, as defined by either… Continue Reading

 

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