Daily Archives: 23/03/2025
Unshrunk
Unshrunk chronicles Delano’s fourteen-year entanglement with psychiatric treatment and her eventual decision to reject a medicalized understanding of psychological anguish. The basic structure of the memoir is deceptively straightforward. In Delano’s own words: “My youth was shaped by the language of psychiatric diagnosis. Its meticulous symptom lists and tidy categories defined my teens and twenties […]
buprenorphine
In Punjab, India, the legal implications of a patient selling buprenorphine—obtained legally with a prescription from a De-Addiction Centre (DAC)—and whether the police can convict the prescribing doctor depend on the specifics of the case, the evidence, and the application of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. Let’s break this down step-by-step […]
buprenorphine
In Punjab, India, the legal implications of a patient selling buprenorphine—obtained legally with a prescription from a De-Addiction Centre (DAC)—and whether the police can convict the prescribing doctor depend on the specifics of the case, the evidence, and the application of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. Let’s break this down step-by-step […]










