Troubled Persons Industries

RT @BmzCohen: Just published: my chapter critiquing workplace mental health initiatives (yep, those) in Martin Harbusch's fantastic 'Troubl…

@VetsCannaCoal @Peter_Grinspoon Yes, absolutely. Psychiatry has the most well-developed paradigm for finding harm -- one with an interesting history, questionable basis, and big consequences. We discuss it in the chapter linked here and (like Peter) an upc

@Peter_Grinspoon Indeed. We critique CUD diagnostics on several grounds in our chpt linked below, but one of the more astonishing aspects is the consensus view of best treatment: hefty doses of nabiximols or dronabinol, i.e. pharmaceutical THC! https://t

@mattkgrace This edited volume may be useful. Our chapter, "Cannabis Use and Mental Health: Paradoxes of Medicalization," is provocative in context of pandemic substance use -- explores the dichotomy between expert opinion and lived experience. https://t.c