Colorado supports THC limits with no limits
Yesterday, I raised questions about the urgent need for enforcement of federal law and a very strong regulatory framework for the legalization of recreational marijuana. If it must exist, this framework also must protect public health and safety and put the interests...
Colorado, put public health and safety first
Because Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed me to serve on a task force charged with recommending to the state legislature how to implement a constitutional amendment making recreational marijuana use legal in this state, I have become more aware of potential...
Denver teens face greater pressure to use
There’s always one slide in the presentations I give about marijuana’s effects on the teen brain that makes my young audiences scoff — and a talk I gave earlier this week at Denver’s East High School was no exception. The slide illustrates what...Heart rate variability biofeedback in adolescent substance treatment
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...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.