Colorado, Washington omitted from CDC analysis
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS) produced by the Centers for Disease Control is one of the nation’s longest-running and most extensive efforts to monitor health-risk behaviors contributing to the leading causes of death for children and young...
Jacob Lavoro and pot brownies
Judging from today’s news reporting, the story is fairly simple and goes like this: A Texas teenager with no criminal record faces from five years to life in prison for allegedly making and selling pot brownies. Possession of up to 2 oz. of marijuana in its...
Marijuana use involved in more fatal accidents in CO
This statement, issued today by the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where I serve as an associate professor, speaks for me well. AURORA, Colo. (May 15, 2014) – The proportion of marijuana-positive drivers involved in fatal motor vehicle crashes in Colorado...
Marijuana use and pregnancy
Of the 2.4 million Americans who try marijuana for the first time each year, 58 percent are under the age of 18. That’s why when we’re debating drug policy and the impact of marijuana on society, we cannot ignore kids. Because the brain isn’t fully...
Colorado’s highs burn Lowe’s
Yesterday, the checkout line at my favorite Lowe’s Home Improvement store was so long that I watched an obviously frustrated man walk away from a shopping cart that easily contained what would have been a $250 purchase. The people in front of me and behind me...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.