by Christine Tatum | Jun 8, 2017 | Clearing The Haze, Parenting
These are common questions: If so many teens are using addictive substances such as alcohol, tobacco and marijuana, what’s the big deal? Isn’t it normal to experiment like this? After all, teens will be teens — and a lot of parents had their own...
by Christine Tatum | Jun 8, 2017 | Clearing The Haze
The May 2017 edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry includes a review of our book, “Clearing the Haze: Helping Families Face Teen Addiction.” Dr. Christopher Hammond calls it “parent-friendly” and...
by Christine Tatum | Mar 17, 2017 | Public Policy
The United Nations’ 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs today wrapped up a week of meetings in Vienna, Austria, where world drug policy experts advocated for stronger efforts to prevent harms associated with drug use. Among them was Pubudu...
by Christine Tatum | Jan 12, 2017 | Marijuana, Research
After a review of more than 10,000 peer-reviewed academic articles, The National Academies of Science (NAS) has concluded that marijuana use is related to several health problems, including: – mental health problems, such as suicidal thought, psychosis and...
by Christine Tatum | Dec 23, 2016 | Marijuana, Research
Two federal surveys tracking drug use rates show marijuana use continues to rise in Colorado. Monitoring the Future First, let’s look at the national Monitoring the Future study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan for the National Institute on...