A Critical Discourse

SUBSTANCE USE

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BIOLOGICAL HOMEOSTASIS AND ADAPTATION ARE NOT DISEASES

February 20, 2019

drug users on the street

NO, METHADONE IS NOT THE NEW METHADONE

February 12, 2019

Sign outside a Hazelden treatment center

ADDICTION: A COMPLEX, LIFE-THREATENING COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR WITH TREATMENT PROVIDED BY . . . . NO, SERIOUSLY

January 23, 2019

Young person smoking a cigarette

UPDATE – NICOTINE LINKS YOUTH VAPING, REVERSAL OF DECLINES IN CIGARETTE SMOKING, NEW TROUBLING DIABETES TRENDS

December 6, 2018

Teen girl with cigarette

UPDATE – FRANCE JOINS U.S. AND CANADA ON THE GATEWAY LIST: AS VAPING BOOMS AMONG YOUTH, CIGARETTE USE REBOUNDING, NOT DOWN

November 28, 2018

teenaged girl vaping

TEEN VAPING: MORE EVIDENCE, AGAIN, POINTING TO BOOMING E-CIGARETTE USE WORSENING, NOT PREVENTATIVE FOR, CIGARETTE SMOKING

November 15, 2018

Graph showing increasing youth vaping

VAPING POPULATION GATEWAY EFFECT? AS VAPING INCREASES, CIGARETTE USE REBOUNDING, NOT DOWN, IN BOTH U.S. AND CANADA

November 6, 2018

teenaged girl vaping

MORE EVIDENCE THE YOUTH VAPING BOOM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH TIME BOMB

November 1, 2018

EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT REQUIRES ENDING ALL FUNDING AND TREATMENT FOR ADDICTION, A FABRICATED CONDITION THAT DOES NOT EXIST

October 18, 2018

Medical professionals in a group

WHY THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “ADDICTION” – A FABRICATION THAT USEFULLY DIVERTS PUBLIC HEALTHCARE RESOURCES TO THE CRIMINAL TREATMEANT SCAMS DRIVING LETHAL EPIDEMICS

October 3, 2018

Nicotine patch applied by a doctor

ANOTHER MEDICAL FIX NOT SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE – NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (NRT) AND MEDICATIONS TO STOP TOBACCO USE

September 20, 2018

Adults sitting at an AA meeting

WHY ADDICTION TREATMENT DOESN’T WORK

August 30, 2018

FLORIDA: PRESENCE OF MEDICAL OPIOID CRISIS CURES IN FATAL OVERDOSES PREDICTABLY INCREASES

December 19, 2025 No Comments

OPIOID CRISIS SEATTLE – IT’S THE NALOXONE, AGAIN

December 12, 2025 No Comments

MEET THE NEW OPIOID CRISIS, SAME AS THE OLD OPIOID CRISIS BUT MORE INTRACTABLY LETHAL

December 5, 2025 No Comments

UPDATE OPIOID CRISIS CONNECTICUT: CRACKS VISIBLE IN THE NARCAN LEVEE AS HIGH-RISK USE AND OVERDOSE SURGE

November 28, 2025 No Comments

OPIOID CRISIS TRENDS AND THEIR MEANING HELPFULLY OBSCURED IN “EXCLUSIVE” REPORT

November 21, 2025 No Comments

ALASKA’S DELAYED NALOXONE RESPONSE ANOTHER REVELATORY LETHAL EXCEPTION TO WIDESPREAD DROPS IN OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS

November 14, 2025 No Comments

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