Steven Kassels, M.D. Archive
How did the War in Afghanistan help to fuel the heroin epidemic in America? Before the war, the Taliban subsidized Afghan farmers to grow food crops rather than opium. Opium poppy is the plant from which heroin is made. When …
; ; ; ; ; ; There’s plenty of blame to go around for the heroin epidemic that is currently infiltrating into our communities across America. We started off by blaming the doctors, who do need to share some …
Heroin Epidemic: Reason #3 - Blame the Internet There are many reasons why we have a heroin/opiate epidemic and plenty of blame to go around. In the last couple of weeks, we have blamed the doctors and blamed the patients …
Thank you for continuing to follow along with me as I explain ten reasons for the Heroin Epidemic raging across our country. My last blog pinpointed doctor culpability, and there is little disagreement how prescriptions have added to the problem. …
Welcome back to my Blog Site and I apologize for deviating from my planned sequential discussions of the “Ten Reasons for the Heroin Epidemic” but I really do have good reasons. I felt obligated to respond to the readers inquiring …
Over the past several weeks I have received several emails from readers and others inquiring about my background and why I decided to write Addiction on Trial. I want to use this week’s blog to explain why I wrote a …
Welcome back to Ten Reasons for the Heroin Epidemic. This is the second and final primer to lay the foundation before launching into the ten reasons we currently have a heroin epidemic raging across our country. But before I proceed, …
As you may recall, my last blog listed 10 reasons for the current heroin epidemic. Over the next weeks, I will be addressing who and what to blame for this epidemic and the changing demographics of today’s heroin user, which …
There are ten reasons that I can think of why we have a heroin/opiate epidemic, but before I go into all the reasons, let’s first get a few points established. A. The disease of addiction has three components: 1.Biological 2.Psychological …
History repeats itself, unless we learn from prior experiences. This is true in many aspects of life, and unfortunately it takes a toll on all of us in terms of individual and community well-being and longevity of life. This is …
