Category Archives: Substance use disorder treatment

If electronic cigarettes can help people quit smoking, then why is Big Tobacco investing heavily in them?

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Jim Gogek

…The tobacco industry knows something that some harm reduction theorists don’t realize, and that the e-cigarette industry doesn’t care about: Electronic cigarettes can be an adjunct to smoking instead of a replacement. Continue reading →

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Deadly scourge will kill three-quarters of a million AA and NA members

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Jim Gogek

“…724,153 worldwide members of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous – who are alive today — will die from tobacco, including 499,410 in the United States and Canada…” Continue reading →

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Top Substance Abuse Research Findings of 2012 from About.com

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Jim Gogek

Buddy T., anonymous recovery writer for About.com, penned a wonderful column on the most important research about ATOD in 2012. And, leading the way are — new findings on the harms of marijuana. Our knowledge about the science of marijuana … Continue reading →

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Is there “proof” that AA works? There’s certainly a ton of evidence…

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Jim Gogek

Of course, people who go to AA couldn’t care less about the research; they just know what works for them. True, AA doesn’t work for everybody. But then, many treatments for other chronic diseases work for some but not others. We know alcoholism is a chronic disease. The research shows that AA is an effective treatment for it. Continue reading →

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Marijuana legalization: Damn the science, full speed ahead

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Jim Gogek

By Jim Gogek If tobacco was not legal, and we knew the full scientific extent of its health impacts, would we legalize it today? Not a chance. A substance that’s dangerously addictive and kills half the people who use it … Continue reading →

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Substance abuse a “crisis” in military; Defense Department response is inadequate and outdated: Report

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Jim Gogek

Substance abuse in the Armed Forces is a crisis situation that reduces military readiness. And the Defense Department’s response is inadequate and outdated. Continue reading →

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ATODblog:2010 in review

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Jim Gogek

Wish I had more time to devote to this blog… Anybody else who thinks the same way I do about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs want to submit a post? Anyway, here’s the figures on readership for last year, courtesy … Continue reading →

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Alcoholism isn’t the only alcohol problem: It’s not even the biggest alcohol problem

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Jim Gogek

    “One in four US teens and young adults binge drink,” blared the headlines in USA Today. And many of those folks are imbibing a lot more than only five drinks in a couple of hours, the definition for … Continue reading →

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Treating addiction as a chronic disease, or how can something that makes so much sense be so impossible to achieve?

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Jim Gogek

    It’s been ten years since a special communication in the Journal of the American Medical Association by four leading experts declared that drug dependence (including alcohol) should be treated as a chronic medical problem, not a social problem. … Continue reading →

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