by Christine Tatum | Mar 16, 2018 | Marijuana, Public Policy
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...
by Chris Thurstone | Dec 11, 2017 | Marijuana, Research
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...
by Christine Tatum | Oct 27, 2014 | People Making A Difference, Uncategorized
It was his tenth wedding anniversary, but Kevin Hines insisted on making just one more stop before heading home to San Francisco to celebrate with his wife. “We’ve got to keep working to get the messages of suicide prevention out there,” he said Oct....
by Chris Thurstone | May 4, 2014 | Research
These research outcomes were published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in May 2014. Title: Conduct Disorder and Initiation of Substance Use: A Prospective Longitudinal Study Authors: Dr. Christian Hopfer, M.D., Dr. Stacy...
by Chris Thurstone | Jan 7, 2013 | Research
The results of this research were published in Global Advances in Health and Medicine in January 2013. Study title: Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Authors: Chris Thurstone, MDcorresponding author and Travis Lajoie, DO...