by Chris Thurstone | Nov 16, 2012 | Marijuana, Research
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...
by Christine Tatum | Oct 14, 2012 | Media
I realize they’re learning, but journalism students can be so know-it-all as they present grossly inaccurate work. I know because I’m sure I was one. However, I’m also pretty sure I never have blown it quite this badly — meaning that I a. never...
by Christine Tatum | Sep 9, 2012 | Marijuana, Public Policy, Uncategorized
First, my thanks to Cynthia Hessin and the really nice team who produce “Colorado State of Mind” for Rocky Mountain PBS, where I appeared last week to debate the pros and cons of Amendment 64 with Betty Aldworth, a political consultant for the...
by Christine Tatum | Jul 10, 2012 | Media, Uncategorized
Sadly, there’s no dearth of sorry journalism where marijuana is concerned. It’s in the New York Times. It’s in The Denver Post. It’s in alternative weeklies and on TV broadcasts. This week, it’s also in Time magazine. That’s right....
by Christine Tatum | Jun 19, 2012 | Media, Uncategorized
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...