To the Editor: “Youthful Binge Drinking Fueled by Boredom of the Open West” (front page, Sept. 2), about under-age drinking, may leave the impression that teenagers in the sparsely populated Plains and Western states are more at risk than teenagers in other parts of the country. While geographical isolation…
Benoit Denizet-Lewis (June 25) carefully lays out the evolving scientific approach to treating addiction, and it is promising. The treatment field is at a crossroads. We should find ways to integrate pharmacology with psychological and behavioral interventions so that we can comprehensively heal the pain and emptiness of addiction. Peter…
To the Editor: As a treatment provider, I support the Food and Drug Administration’s dismissal of medical benefit from marijuana. Regardless of the heated political debate that swirls around this issue, the fact remains that despite the Institute of Medicine’s claim to the contrary, for people vulnerable to addictive disease,…
In response to this article. To the Editor: Whether or not the author James Frey had a root canal without anesthesia, or spent three days, three months or three years in jail, his depiction of the anguish of addiction and the personal strength required to live drug-free has struck…
To the Editor: John Tierney (“Debunking the Drug War,” column, Aug. 9) is right that “America has a serious drug problem.” The problem is so serious, however, that the danger of overdramatizing the potential of a methamphetamine epidemic is worth risking a loss in credibility and an accusation of…
It took too long and didn’t go far enough, but New York State lawmakers have at last taken the crucial first step in reforming the harshest drug laws in the country (“Hard-won reforms,” News, Dec. 8). I applaud these reforms, but I am concerned that billions of dollars and thousands…