The Second Most Dangerous Year
April 9th, 2009
This spring hearts will flip-flop over fat envelopes in the mailbox, as high school kids and their parents pick colleges for the coming year.
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Marijuana and Parents: Yes, No, Undecided
December 28th, 2008
On Nov. 4 2008 voters in Massachusetts will get to decide if people caught with an ounce or less of marijuana will still be charged as criminals. The penalties for a first offense are mild. The crime is a misdemeanor, but there can be a fine of $500 and six months in prison. Since many [...]
Letter In response to an Op-Ed piece in New York Times by John Tierney, “A Taste of His Own Medicine.
December 16th, 2008
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 [...]
Henry David Abraham, MD
