Addressing Gov. John Hickenlooper’s claims that youth marijuana use is down
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...Study reinforces link between adolescent marijuana use, psychosis
Researchers reporting in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have found that both adolescent cannabis use and cigarette use are associated with increased risk of psychosis. The association was greater for cannabis, according to their study,...
Federal Study: Colorado’s mixed bag of pot
The latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health contains good, bad and ugly news. I’ll take it from the top — and focus on youth marijuana use in Colorado, where I serve as medical director of one of the state’s largest adolescent...Study: Little to no evidence cannabis alleviates chronic pain
A new review of nearly 14,000 research articles and studies has found there is little to no evidence that cannabis alleviates chronic pain in adults. The full report, funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative and...Past-month, adolescent marijuana use: CO v. U.S.
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