U.S. child psychiatrists issue warning
I am a member of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and I am pleased AACAP has issued this policy statement rejecting the use of medical marijuana for adolescents and sounding alarm bells for the world. As the society wrote, “The...
Marijuana Prevention Summit a smashing success
More than 100 people attended the Marijuana Prevention Summit, presented July 31 at The Denver Press Club by the Colorado Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Society. The event focused on the latest science on adolescent addiction and marijuana use, public drug...
Jumping to conclusions with CDC data
I have seen so much misinformation about the Center for Disease Control’s latest Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS) data that it’s time for me to speak up. First, take a look at the numbers for yourself. Now for some quick background:...
Plenty of ‘medical’ marijuana diverted to kids
My young patients have reported for quite some time that they’ve used someone else’s medical marijuana. So, colleagues and I wanted to know just how prevalent the diversion of medical marijuana to adolescents in substance-abuse treatment is. Our...Read the book
Clearing the Haze is a guide designed to help parents determine whether their child may have a substance problem and, if so, how to begin to address it. This book includes the voices and insight of experts in substance abuse counseling, young people in recovery, and parents who have lived the nightmare of adolescent addiction.