Slog - Comments on This Week on Drugs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78 Torture Flights: A plane found with kilos of cocaine last year, records say, "flew several times to Guantanamo, Cuba, presumably to transfer terrorism suspects." Most Caffeinated Cities: Chicago and Tampa. Line Snackers: Conservative member of British parliament forced to eat Coffeemate to prove it wasn’t cocaine. Linebackers: Is the NFL driving players to drink? FDA: Reveals 20 drugs under investigation for dangerous side effects. The Brilliance of Martin Sheen: Opposes rehab measure because it doesn’t use abstinence-only model. And we know how well that works. Junk in the Trunk: Heroin-addicted elephant released after completing treatment program.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:22:36 -0800 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:40:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball "Junk in the trunk." Fucking genius.

You, sir, are the bard of barbiturates.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127410 Drugs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:43:12 -0800 Comment by WTF The abstinence model of sex education has nothing to do with abstinence based drug and alcohol treatment programs. Get a clue.

]]> WTF http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127415 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127415 Drugs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:55:32 -0800 Comment by leek Jubie, shut up so that I can say that first. AWESOME.

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127423 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127423 Drugs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:14:48 -0800 Comment by FTW Second WTF @2 - Dominic. Totally unrelated things. You make a very disingenous connection. No matter what you think of either issue, the two are unrelated.

]]> FTW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127435 Drugs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:25:56 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden @ 1 and 3) Thanks!

@ 2 and 4) I disagree. Sure, abstinence-only will work for some people coming off drugs. It keeps some people from having sex until marriage. But lots of other drug users will taper off, relapse, or seek an environment that isn't abstinence-only to quit. Like good sex education, harm reduction is based in reality, human behavior, and science.

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127438 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127438 Drugs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:37:23 -0800 Comment by Harry Nielsen http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/05/politics/horserace/entry4420102.shtml

38.9 million people viewed McCain's address to his convention in St. Paul, while 38.4 million watched Obama's speech in Denver, according to the Neilsen ratings.

]]> Harry Nielsen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127486 Drugs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:30:31 -0800 Comment by ellarosa NIDA has this to say right off the bat: No single treatment is appropriate for all individuals.

this statement would tend to support dominic's argument.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127487 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127487 Drugs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:33:38 -0800 Comment by sepiolida That poor elephant!

]]> sepiolida http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127490 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127490 Drugs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:48:42 -0800 Comment by Furcifer Here's the FDA's list.
Ask your doctor if Carac is right for you!

Wait! I mean Kuric. Couric? Canuck?

]]> Furcifer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127491 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127491 Drugs Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:50:46 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @6,

Everyone slows down to look at a car wreck.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1127492 Drugs Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:01:16 -0800 Comment by dirge @5 It's true that harm reduction is a complicated issue best viewed through the lens of various sciences. Too bad you didn't reference any studies whatsoever.

]]> dirge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1128255 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1128255 Drugs Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:46:35 -0800 Comment by gnossos @11: for a great starting point see:
Harm Reduction: Pragmatic Strategies for Managing High-Risk Behaviors, edited by G. Alan Marlatt, 1998, The Guilford Press.

It's ten years old, but it is still a great discussion of this issue.

And yeah, what ellarosa said @7. There is no such thing as a one size fits all model for treatment. That's precisely why we have different types of drug treatment

]]> gnossos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1128580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1128580 Drugs Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:12:00 -0800 Comment by martin sheen weird, martin sheen spoke at a fundraiser last year for a large seattle nonprofit that focuses on harm reduction.

]]> martin sheen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1129196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1129196 Drugs Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:31:29 -0800 Comment by gnossos there is no large Seattle nonprofit that focuses on harm reduction.

There was a medium one (Street Outreach Services), but it no longer exists. Now there's just the People's Harm Reduction Alliance.

And Martin Sheen ain't never done nothing for any of 'em.

]]> gnossos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1129412 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/this_week_on_drugs_78#c1129412 Drugs Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:40:54 -0800