Last year I presented at the Oregon DUII Multi-Disciplinary Driving Training Conference and was honored to be asked back this year. For those of you who came to my talk, thank you! Also, thank you for allowing me to open with some personal challenges, and supporting me throughout the presentation. As promised, feel free to… [Continue Reading]
Getting Referrals Right: Matching Patients and Providers
During the past few weeks I have worked on two cases that required me to make referrals to treatment, and in both cases, I found myself very frustrated. What should be a fairly straightforward and easy thing to do, is far from it. And when I make a bad referral, I feel responsible when the person… [Continue Reading]
When Politics Usurp Science, We All Lose
One of the more articulate voices in the realm of addiction experts today is Carl Hart, who delivered a rousing TED Talk challenging our beliefs that drugs primarily cause addiction. In the talk he passionately offered evidence that poverty and crime are independent of drug problems, and that drugs including cocaine are far less addictive… [Continue Reading]
Ascending Out of the Hell of Heroin Addiction
I want to share with you a remarkable music video by very talented musician Rick Hale, titled Descending, about his younger brother’s struggle with heroin addiction. Make sure you watch it to the end as his brother Ryan makes a courageous appearance, putting his life in the public eye in hopes that his story may motivate… [Continue Reading]
Reducing the Risk of Drinking and Driving
This past Friday I was honored to be a presenter at the 2015 Oregon DUII Multi-Disciplinary Impaired Driving Training Conference. Unfortunately, due to a nasty cold, I was only able to muster the energy for one session instead of my planned two, which was a bummer. The talk, despite my low energy, was important to… [Continue Reading]
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