Colorado grants more pot licenses to youth
The number of Coloradans ages 18-20 who have been granted medical marijuana licenses has increased every year for the last four and appears on track to increase again in 2013, according to data released by the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment....
When sharing is not a virtue
For several months, fellow researchers and I have studied diversion of medical marijuana to Colorado youth. In this peer-reviewed paper, published last year, we explained our findings of diversion of medical marijuana to young people in substance-abuse treatment. It...
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...Medical marijuana diversion and associated problems in adolescent substance treatment
This study was published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence in November 2011. Title: Medical marijuana diversion and associated problems in adolescent substance treatment Authors: Thurstone C, Lieberman SA, Schmiege S Citation: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Nov...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.