Seldom do parents feel as helpless and guilty as when they learn that their kids have gotten into trouble with drugs. Lots of parents feel that way. A casual glance at today’s newspaper is likely to tell the painful story of a combination of permissive parents, teenage drinking, and heartbreaking tragedy. Studies show that in [...]
There are few of us who work with addicts who would applaud the latest legal troubles of Rush Limbaugh. We know that wealth does not confer immunity to addiction. But the case high lights the injustice, waste and failure of a drug “war?based on criminalizing the sick. Given short shrift are the two approaches to [...]
Robin Williams once said that cocaine is God’s way of saying you have too much money. That may be true for supermodels like Kate Moss, but it’s hardly true for most kids fooling with cocaine. Moss was featured in a recent article, along with “shocking pictures,” using cocaine in a London recording studio. Today her [...]
