US and opioids

Carl Hart Editorial

NYTimes Opinion

p.s. the comments also are interesting.

Subjectively Felt Tolerance and the Steppingstone/Gateway Process

The only song I know about subjectively felt tolerance in the steppingstone/gateway process.

Fugs: I Couldn't Get High

When the page comes up, press the play button.

Colloquial concerns about self-report data

Scotland drug survey

http://theconversation.com/if-you-use-drugs-you-must-be-very-naive-or-very-principled-to-answer-a-survey-honestly-28372

More case studies assembled by the recovery community

More case studies

https://www.recoveryanswers.org/addiction-101/phenomenology/

The Atlantic: A World Without Suicide

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/08/zero-suicide-strategy/535587/

From time to time, a case study: Heroin

From time to time, a case study

Racism, Labor Conflict, and Drugs

CBC focus on the topic, with coverage of 1st Nation vulnerabilities and alcohol.

http://one.npr.org/i/537762064:537762066

If nothing else, listen to Carl Hart segment at 17:20 - 20:00.

Read up on it to get the chemistry right as you think about cocaine powder HCl and crack-cocaine

Skips over the difference between nasal insufflation and inhaling fumes into lungs ("smoking"?).

Also see book by Helmer & Vietorisz, 1974, an early introduction to racism and labor conflict described in the podcast.

https://libcom.org/history/drug-use-labour-market-class-conflict-john-helmer-thomas-vietorisz

Eric download

Recent news story pertinent to  this topic:

Former NFL Player Sues Jeff Sessions Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Marijuana Laws

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marvin-washington-jeff-sessions-marijuana-lawsuit_us_597746f6e4b0a8a40e825949?section=us_politics