Category: alcohol and other drugs
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The Rising Risk: Alcohol Tolerance and Health Advice Changes
What happens when you take poison? You die. There is certainly an element of truth to Westley, the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride, building up tolerance against iocaine powder in order to get Vizzini out of the way. That happens every day. What’s the number one ingested toxin in the US? You got…
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The Overlooked Impact of Alcohol in Drug Policy
On April 1, 2025, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy from the Executive Office of the President issued its Statement of Drug Policy Priorities. Sadly, as expected, the most abused drug in the nation, alcohol, was left out. Again. The document opens with this statement, but the emphasis is mine, “The Trump…
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Make 2025 Alcohol-Free: A Healthier New Year
It’s the day before January 1…New Year’s Eve Day, as it were…and people are making plans to ring in 2025 as well as resolutions to make 2025 the best year yet. Me? I’m typing in my pajamas with no intention of leaving the house. One of the resolutions that pops up in the top 10…
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Alcohol: The Deadliest Drug
Alcohol is STILL killing more people annually than opioids ever did….alcohol kills slowly. Heroin kills fast. Fentanyl kills faster. Opioids can and do kill with a first use, but alcohol rarely does. Alcohol takes its sweet time…first destroying relationships, then entire families, and then actual lives.
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Can’t We All Just Agree on “Drugs”?
A drug is a substance that changes a person’s mental or physical state, so given that definition, alcohol is a drug, period. It’s a drug; it’s a drug; it’s a drug, no matter what anyone wants to believe. Just because it’s legal and just because there’s a humongous lobbying effort throwing a boatload of money…
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