by Chris Thurstone | Jan 6, 2013 | Advocacy, Marijuana, Public Policy
Having sat through two meetings of the Colorado task force I have been appointed to by Gov. John Hickenlooper to recommend a regulatory framework for recreational marijuana use in this state, it is clearer to me than ever that our nation needs to have far more...
by Chris Thurstone | Aug 2, 2012 | Denver's Health, Marijuana, Uncategorized
More than 100 people attended the Marijuana Prevention Summit, presented July 31 at The Denver Press Club by the Colorado Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Society. The event focused on the latest science on adolescent addiction and marijuana use, public drug...
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...
by Chris Thurstone | May 9, 2012 | Marijuana, Public Policy
Physicians in Massachusetts soon will deliberate (May 19, 2012) whether to join a growing body of doctors and healthcare professionals who are speaking up about so-called “medical” marijuana. Testimony from Kevin Sabet (find him online at kevinsabet.com),...