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No lack of opinions on marijuana.(Letter From the Editor)
May 1, 2009... I have consistently found that while alcohol remains the most pervasive substance affecting the individuals our readers serve, marijuana elicits the highest number of responses from readers when it is the subject of an editor's query, and the most impassioned replies as well. Every two...

Words of wisdom on evidence-based treatment.(Letters)
May 1, 2009... I recently read an excellent online article from David Mee-Lee, MD, on evidence-based treatment. I have been a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor and nurse specialist in addictions for many years, and I must say this evidence-based practice "trend" is driving me to exhaustion...

Support for change in alcohol treatment.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2009... Mark L. Willenbring, MD's cover article "New research is redefining alcohol disorders" (September/October 2008 issue) represents the kind of out-of-the-box, forward thinking our profession needs. Now all we need is the money to support and fund it. Sue Brooks, LCDC Houston

Address tobacco use at your facility.(Letters)
May 1, 2009... For years treatment centers and hospitals have not fully addressed tobacco and its impact on staff, patients and recovery. Policies from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM); NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals; and the medical associations of the United States...

Pets in treatment: a residential program finds a new dimension of healing when clients stay with their animals.
May 1, 2009... Many people were touched this year by actor Mickey Rourke's Golden Globe award acceptance speech, in which he thanked his dogs for always being there for him. Rourke later spoke about how his pets had saved his life. Feeling suicidal, he realized his pets needed him, and that thought drove...