by Christine Tatum | Sep 17, 2014 | Marijuana, Media, Research, Uncategorized
To understand marijuana and the impact of its legalization, focus like a laser on the data on which everyone bases their interpretations and explanations. News reports often don’t square with the data. Case in point: this article appearing in The Washington Post...
by Chris Thurstone | Sep 7, 2014 | Marijuana, Public Policy, Research
The results of this research were published in Drug Alcohol Dependence in September 2014. Study Title: Trends in fatal motor vehicle crashes before and after marijuana commercialization in Colorado Co-authors: Salomonsen-Sautel S, Min SJ, Sakai JT, Thurstone C, Hopfer...
by Chris Thurstone | Aug 27, 2014 | Marijuana, Opiate, Research
An article recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association claims states with medical marijuana laws are associated with significantly lower rates of opioid mortality. There are significant limitations to this research making it irresponsible to...
by Chris Thurstone | Jul 7, 2014 | Marijuana, Research
The results of this research originally were published in Drug Alcohol Dependence in July 2014. For more information, see PubMed.gov. Title: Temporal trends in marijuana attitudes, availability and use in Colorado compared to non-medical marijuana states Co-authors:...
by Chris Thurstone | Jun 26, 2014 | Public Policy, Research, Uncategorized
First, please let me be clear: I want more research of Cannabidiol, the nonintoxicating component of the cannabis plant that has shown some medical promise — particularly for the treatment of children with intractable epilepsy. I want that research to comply...
by Christine Tatum Thurstone | Jun 15, 2014 | Marijuana, Public Policy, Research, Uncategorized
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...