Deal in the right data — or not at all
Ay, yai, yai. It pains me to see faulty news reporting in my alma mater, The Denver Post — so much so that I desperately hope this link, yes, to this story right here, will be broken by the time you click on it because the news organization has been responsible...
Doc asks what’s up with pot dispensaries
Several of my young patients in Denver have told me how ridiculously easy it was to get the medical marijuana licenses that fueled the addictions that drove them into my clinic for treatment. One young man said the recommending physician he paid $200 for a license...
Hear and heed the recovering addict
News organizations frequently ask me to help them find young people and parents willing to share their experiences with addiction. I try to assist when and where I can — but these aren’t easy connections to make. Many people in substance recovery fear the...
Some days, it’s best to ignore journalists
Watching news coverage and commentary about marijuana is utterly painful for me on so many levels. We’re talking chronic pain that would easily qualify me for a medical-pot license in Colorado. Take this week, when Reporter Will Ripley of Denver’s NBC...
Art so true it’ll make you cringe
While doing the touristy thing in Stockholm, my husband, Dr. Christian Thurstone, and I screeched to a stop when we spied Swedish artist Marcus Mårtenson’s work through the front windows of the Angelika Knäpper Gallery. The colorful, cartoonish images, all...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.