Oh, look! More docs reject marijuana legalization
The proclamation is clear and direct. It states: For Colorado’s public health and safety, we are opposed to legalizing marijuana for recreational use. In other words, Colorado, vote no on Amendment 64 when you see it on the November ballot. As if raising kids to...
10 reasons not to legalize marijuana
I’m honored to have been elected president of the Colorado Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Society. In November, the organization’s member physicians asked me to speak during their annual dinner — so know that in the video I link you to here,...Medical marijuana diversion and associated problems in adolescent substance treatment
This study was published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence in November 2011. Title: Medical marijuana diversion and associated problems in adolescent substance treatment Authors: Thurstone C, Lieberman SA, Schmiege S Citation: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Nov...
Tax pot, and we’ll come out ahead? Riiiiight.
A common justification for marijuana legalization goes something like this: “We should just tax it and regulate it like we do alcohol and tobacco. We could use some of that money to help with the costs of addiction treatment.” Yeah, um, no. Substance...
A case study: Medical marijuana use and suicidality
I hope you’ll read this paper I co-authored with Dr. Abraham Nussbaum and Dr. Ingrid Binswanger in The American Journal of Psychiatry. We explain the case of a 29-year-old woman who presented with marijuana addiction, a history of depression and a history of...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.