by Christine Tatum | Nov 3, 2022 | Marijuana, Public Policy
Dr. Christian Thurstone recently spoke with the Triangle Christian Medical and Dental Associations about marijuana’s impacts on health and public policy, and he provides an overview of the details of a “medical marijuana” initiative being pushed by...
by Chris Thurstone | Jul 6, 2020 | Marijuana, People Making A Difference
My wife and I are always honored when someone seeks our help with the treatment of addiction and mental health. The call we received from Charlie Granade, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Rogue River, Ore., was certainly no exception. He and the Rev. Barnabas...
by Christine Tatum | Sep 13, 2019 | Denver's Health, Marijuana, Media, People Making A Difference
Dr. Christian Thurstone, director of Behavioral Health Services at Denver Health and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, recently told ABC Channel 7 in Denver he knows why teens and young adults get hooked on vaping. It’s the...
by Christine Tatum | Jun 4, 2018 | Marijuana, Research
Marijuana use is up in the last year among American middle-school and high-school students, and legalizing the drug likely would mean many more underage marijuana users, according to Monitoring the Future, one of the United States’ largest studies of...
by Christine Tatum | May 4, 2018 | Denver's Health, Marijuana
Marijuana product recalls in Colorado are not consistently, widely or even transparently communicated to the public online — and that concerns a growing number of healthcare providers. Among them is Dr. Ken Finn, a Colorado Springs physician whose group...
by Christine Tatum | Mar 16, 2018 | Marijuana, Public Policy
One year ago, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper claimed on national television that since the state sanctioned recreational marijuana use, there was no increase in teenage use of the drug and black-market sales had shrunk. His claims have been repeated thousands of...