Another marijuana study and day of spin
Another study, another day — OK, make that months — of misleading news reports about what it means. This time, the study is published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. While many news organizations are beginning to pick it up, I’ll focus on...
Casual pot use linked to big brain changes
A groundbreaking, new study, published April 16 in the Journal of Neuroscience, is consistent with research showing that the more marijuana people use, and the earlier they start using the drug, the more likely they are to harm what one researcher said is “part...
The better high is the natural one
Matt Bellace has a Ph.D. in clinical nueropsychology — that’s the study of the brain and behavior — and somehow still manages to be a really funny guy. For nearly two decades, he has traveled the United States and Canada to encourage more than...
‘Your country has an impact on mine’
George Ochieng Odalo directs the Slum Child Foundation, a Kenyan nonprofit organization working with children and youth in the slums and streets of Nairobi. Within hours of news stories first reporting President Obama’s remarks about marijuana to The New Yorker,...
Obama on marijuana: where’s the full story?
News coverage about marijuana legalization is fairly predictable. If there’s even a toehold to support driving this addictive substance into the country, count on splashy headlines. Today’s breathless summaries of President Barack Obama’s remarks on...Read the book
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