Addiction in Society

After two drug-related deaths, federal drug agents (supported by the campus administration) raided fraternities at San Diego State University, arresting 75 students. In response to my quiz questions, PT readers explain why this was (a) bad and useless, (b) good and helpful. Bottom line - we're headed to hell in a handbasket.

Returning from a trip to BC's Far North, I reflect on the future of the First Nations People's communities and addictions.  Substance abuse may be worse than ever among First Nations People -- here's the solution.

Reading readers' comments, it's occurred to me that it doesn't really matter what I say about drugs and alcohol -- people just maintain their basic views no matter what. So how about if you just write my column?  Just answer the question, Could the SDSU drug bust (in which a five-month sting led to the arrest of 75 students) been handled better?

Note to Homeland Security - I wasn't serious when I said we should bomb Europe into oblivion in order to end alcoholism!

We are entering a period where, in order to survive, young people will have to ditch the older generation.

Although the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is hell-bent on curing addiction with a pill, their very logic indicates this can never be done.

Groups where drinking is rare are dying at the highest rates in the United States. Regular moderate drinkers live the longest. We must get the message out: abstinence kills!

For all of you who have been clamoring for them, here are the answers to the quiz on Uncle Ozzie's successfully quitting a 25-year-four-pack-a-day cigarette habit when someone said he was a sucker for the tobacco companies.

Gather the family around the table and complete the Uncle Ozzie smoking quiz: see if you can solve the puzzle that modern neuroscience can't seem to get to the bottom of.

Politicians' newspeak makes self-serving tripe sound like heart-rending confession.