Best of the Week: December 13–19

COMING UP IN THE FIX// Death Row Drugs * Sexiest Drug Smugglers * Anxiety *Uncrazy Holidays * Pro Voices * Internet Commenters * Shame * Happy Holidays! *PLUS: Other incisive articles

	TREATING WOMEN// What’s Gender Got To Do With It? About one-third of alcoholics in the United States are women. But despite having differences in the causes and symptoms of alcoholism, men and women receive the same treatment. Why? By Regina Walker
	PROFESSIONAL VOICES// 'Twas the Night Before Detox A clinician spends the holidays wondering: How much do we really know about what our patients are doing? By Dr. Neta Tal
	WILD PEOPLE// I Blame The Parents How Mother Nature kept us alive by teaching us to love booze. By Neville Elder
	TREATMENT ADVICE// Cut the Stigma “The shame and secrecy that shroud this disease are just as deadly as the disease itself.” - Kristen Johnston By Jeanene Swanson
	TEENS// Adolescence Interrupted The unregulated, abusive war on troubled teens. By Dawn Roberts

 

BEST OF THE QUICK FIX Study Shows Teen Substance Use Declined in 2014 Alcohol and Energy Drinks May Lead to More Drunk Driving Parents of Overdose Victim Want Leniency for Man Who Supplied Heroin

Social Media Addiction Linked to Substance Abuse, Study Finds Toddler Is First Confirmed Death from Liquid Nicotine DOJ Okays Marijuana Sales on Tribal Lands

COMMENT OF THE WEEK

Against Unregulations This week, Dawn Roberts examined so-called teen addiction treatment centers, which can cause more problems than they solve. Some readers were familiar with such programs:

Posing as schools and rehabs, these unregulated monstrosities are praying on the fears of parents while physically, emotionally and sexually abusing young people in facilities that wouldn’t meet prison standards, let alone standards for schools or hospitals. These programs often look verymuch like boarding schools complete with websites that use words like “dual diagnosis” and “therapy.” Its bad. -medical tyrants