Just some stuff that’s been keeping me entertained the last couple of weeks:
Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?
TIME magazine publishes a short piece on a recent Cato Institute report claiming that “in the five years after personal possession [for all drugs] was decriminalized, illegal drug use among teens in Portugal declined and rates of new […]
Posts under ‘Psychiatry’
Banana peelings again
Army’s on ecstasy
Let’s inject some life into this space. What better way to kick it off again than with some snappy Oysterhead lyrics? And in case you’re wondering, if the Army isn’t already on ecstasy, it may be soon.
The army’s on ecstasy
So they say
I read all about it
In USA Today
They stepped up urine testing
To make it go […]
Consuming patients
Yesterday I had the chance to meet and enjoy a delicious dinner with Joel Braslow, a historian and psychiatrist who has done some great work on the history of 20th century psychiatric practices in the United States. His first book, Mental Ills and Bodily Cures, is a fascinating look at California state hospitals in the […]
