What latest top cannabis research tells us
Meet Bertha K. Madras, Ph.D. She is a professor of psychobiology at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry. Her research in drug addiction is world-recognized, prolific and pioneering. Like me, she has grown tired of watching people pass around this...Study: teen pot use predicts lower IQ
For more than a decade, scientists have been concerned about the potential impact of marijuana on the developing, adolescent brain. Research in this area is vitally important because, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, about 60 percent of all new...
Health hazards of indoor pot grows
Living with a greenhouse in your house is hazardous to your health — so hazardous that adults who expose children to such an environment are guilty of child abuse, John Martyny of National Jewish Health and an associate professor for the University of Colorado...
Jumping to conclusions with CDC data
I have seen so much misinformation about the Center for Disease Control’s latest Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS) data that it’s time for me to speak up. First, take a look at the numbers for yourself. Now for some quick background:...
Plenty of ‘medical’ marijuana diverted to kids
My young patients have reported for quite some time that they’ve used someone else’s medical marijuana. So, colleagues and I wanted to know just how prevalent the diversion of medical marijuana to adolescents in substance-abuse treatment is. Our...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.