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Are violent drunks giving the rest of us a bad name? Alcohol consumption and violence
We all know that drinking alcohol changes the way people think and can make them act strangely right? We also know that alcohol is involved in more than 50% of violent crimes and about 75% of partner violence. The question is, why the connection? A recent paper I published suggests that drugs and alcohol can…
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Two Million Dollars a piece – The cost of drug use and violence
The average cost to society of a lifelong criminal = About $2 million I’ll get into more of this in later posts (I already talked about the cost of addiction prevention versus treatment versus enforcement), but if that cost of drug use and violence doesn’t cry out for a better application of money to prevention…
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About Addiction: Drug Violence, Brain Chemistry, and Addiction
We’re back again for another round of research and news about addiction. Violence, eating disorders, and why running makes you feel so good are on the menu this week. Drug Violence and Misuse Associated Press– Drug violence has been an ongoing problem in numerous countries around the world for some time. Drug violence in Mexico…
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About Addiction: Drug use and crime, increasing marijuana use, cravings and brain function
Check out the newest links about addiction. Leave us your feedback! Drug use & Crime Huffington Post: Over 5,000 lives were taken in drug related crimes in Mexico in the past year. Drug trade related violence is linked directly to the rising levels of drug use worldwide. Marijuana use Bloomberg Businessweek: For the first time…
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Drug use and partner violence – My MA thesis has finally been published!!
My thesis manuscript has finally be published in a journal called The Open Addiction Journal. You can access the article there or at wepapers, where I’ve published the pdf file of it. Either way, access to the article is free!! The paper deals with the relationship between violence (specifically partner violence or spousal abuse) and…
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Proposition 36 – California’s Addiction Treatment Under Attack!!!
If you’re not from CA, you may not know about proposition 36. It’s a law, passed by voters in 2000, that mandates treatment, not incarceration, for people arrested on drug charges. Defendants can chose whether to accept it or not if they’re eligible, and before I get angry responses from my “red-state” readers, only non-violent,…