lisa ling
Review of National Geographic Show: Marijuana Nation
In this episode of Explorer, Nat Geo addresses one of the drugs that we feel has the most deceptively "harmless" reputation: marijuana. Also known as pot, weed, ganja, hemp, and many other synonyms, marijuana has enjoyed a very benign reputation and has been almost glorified in the counterculture since it became widely popularized in the 1960s. read more...
Show Review: National Geographic "The World's Most Dangerous Drug: Methamphetamine"
Here at our treatment clinics, we periodically go back and forth on what is the more disturbing recent development we see in the field of addiction treatment - the epidemic of prescription drug abuse (and the accompanying "accidental deaths" like that of Heath Ledger earlier this year) or the incredible growth of crystal meth's popularity in the past 20 years. Nat Geo's excellent special entitled "The World's Most Dangerous Drug" brings the crystal meth epidemic to the forefront of our consciousness on this day. read more...
