Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 204: Psychedelic Drugs and New Mental Health Treatments

Although these powerful psychoactive substances can be abused for their hallucinogenic/psychedelic properties, several strategies can help assure their therapeutic use in an ethically-sound way for the treatment of mental illness.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationSeptember 30, 2022Addiction and Substance Abuse, Alternative Medicine

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 159: Opioids, Pain Management, and Addiction - Balancing Ethical

Figuring out how to use these powerful pharmacological agents in an appropriate and ethical manner is urgent and imperative.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationSeptember 30, 2018Addiction and Substance Abuse, Pain Management-Palliative Care and Hospice, Drug Abuse

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 156: The Smoke over Medical Marijuana

…medical marijuana seems to be receiving “special status” and is being “fast-tracked” for legalization, when it should instead be subject to the standard scientific verifications of the FDA approval process to assure its efficacy and safety.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJune 30, 2018Addiction and Substance Abuse, Law and Ethics, Universal Morality, Voting and Ethics, Alternative Medicine, Drug Abuse

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 143: Doping Athletes

It seems fair to conclude that doping constitutes a form of cheating not only of one’s competitors, but also one's fans, oneself, and the integrity of the sporting activity itself.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationMay 30, 2017Addiction and Substance Abuse, Bodily Enhancement-Mutilation, Law and Ethics, Drug Abuse

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 127: At the Heart of the Tragedy of Addiction

They may feel they are defined entirely by their addiction, unlovable and wretched, rather than seeing that they are, in fact, human beings who are precious to God and those around them, and even now endowed with some tiny space of remaining freedom.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJanuary 30, 2016Addiction and Substance Abuse, Drug Abuse

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 108: Clearing the Air Around Marijuana Use

Part of the unethical character of drug abuse flows from the fact that we are treating something good, namely our personal, conscious experience as if it were an evil to be avoided.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJune 30, 2014Addiction and Substance Abuse, Law and Ethics, Universal Morality, Voting and Ethics, Drug Abuse

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 037: "Safe Injection Sites" and Tackling IV Drug Abuse

...it would be false to conclude that an addict can't make choices. The only reason there is any hope left for an addict is because he still has a small space of freedom that he can act on, allowing him to decide whether or not to begin a new journey. He can choose to take the first step along the road leading away from addiction towards rehabilitation.

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Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJuly 30, 2008Needle Exchange Programs, Addiction and Substance Abuse, Drug Abuse

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