These days, especially with my work schedule, it's all I'll be able to do to stay awake past 11pm!
Across the country new laws will take effect ---lots of them in California---with the new Year of 2010, including a ban on tobacco products at Alabama Mental Health facilities. Is that a good idea? Sure, health and all that, but do those patients need the extra stress of quitting? I wonder what would happen if we made all jails and prisons non-smoking too?
New Years is always the time we look back, and forward. Frankly, I can't imagine there are too many people who will miss the upheaval of the last decade. We started with the disputed 2000 election, moved on the the 9/11 attacks and the aftermath, and ended with the almost financial destruction of the country, What's not to bid good riddance to?
Where will all us be a year from now, as 2010 ends and 2011 starts? Will the next 365 days be as full of drama as the past year? Sincere best wishes for all of you who come by this blog. May 2010 be filled with good for you and your family.Tim
And best wishes to you, too!
ReplyDeleteThe no-smoking policy at the state psychiatric hospitals is being implemented gradually.
There were five or so smoking breaks daily; the patients had to go outside in a secured area.
Then the breaks were eliminated gradually. At the moment there are two: early in the morning and just before bed-time, the least popular times.
In early January the hospitals will become smoke-free.
My wife works at Greil Psychiatric Hospital and she explained this to me recently.