Judy Grisel

Truth may not be comprehended in facts, but it certainly isn’t divorced from them

Opinion | I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture. Yes, you can become sober and remain social.

I love this essay about quitting drinking: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/o...

Psychosis Risk Tied to Heavy Cannabis Use and Genetic Factors - Neuroscience News Heavy cannabis use and genetic risk for schizophrenia independently contribute to the likelihood of developing psychosis.

Using too much cannabis increases your psychosis risk even if you do not have a genetic predisposition.

This is kind of a big finding.

neurosciencenews.com/psychosis-th...

New Clinical and Public Health Challenges: Increasing Trends in United States Alcohol Related Mortality In the United States (US) and worldwide alcohol is a major contributor to premature mortality and morbidity. We explored US trends in alcohol related mortality from 1999 to 2020 overall and by age, ge...

It’s always something - alcohol deaths on the rise too. It seems there is ‘no free lunch’ or cost-free strategy to medicate reality.
www.amjmed.com/article/S000...

I hate the tendency to ignore evidence until it is too late/undeniable. Is it a lack of imagination or humility or just plain stubbornness?

Opinion | A Clash of Views Over the Israel-Hamas War Sampling the responses as the conflict rages on. Also: A Covid Catch-22; treating drug addiction; private security guards in a distressed downtown.

I’ve yet to make a habit of posting but like the growing community. In the meantime here’s my 2cents about what to do about the addiction epidemic. It’s neither punish or ignore (scroll down): www.nytimes.com/2023/10/09/o...

Out today-the idea to fund recovery at least as much as we do addiction: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

JAMA Author Interviews Podcast interviews with leading researchers and thinkers in health care about practice-changing research, innovations, and the most pressing issues facing medicine and health care today from JAMA, the...

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Compelling, well controlled study on potential benefit of high single-dose psilocybin tx for depression. Listen to the JAMA podcast published 8/31. What led to this is the tragic inefficacy of current meds for most people suffering with depression.