CO governor names Thurstone to marijuana task force
Gov. Hickenlooper signs Amendment 64 proclamation, creates task force to recommend needed legislative actions DENVER — Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper today signed an Executive Order that makes an “official declaration of the vote” related to Amendment...
Marijuana’s congressional champions
Drug policy is a vital matter of public health and safety that should be rooted in evidence-based science, so pay close attention when elected officials with no formal training in drug-abuse prevention and treatment, medical research and law enforcement push...
What latest top cannabis research tells us
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...
Videos worth your time
Today, I received links to two videos that reference my research — but that’s not why I’m sharing them. I’m sharing these videos because I consider them illuminating in ways that news coverage about the marijuana debate too often is not. I also...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.