The brain on pot
An Oct. 29 report in the New York Times caught our attention. It is written by Abigail Sullivan Moore, co-author of The iConnected Parent: Staying Close to Your Kids in College (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow Up. The bottom line: “Concerns over...
Death in Ferguson and THC
We have removed the original blog post that was here discussing 18-year-old Michael Brown and marijuana. The article and our intentions were misstated and mischaracterized. In his remarks about the tragic shooting of Michael Brown, President Obama said it best: “Of...
Colorado high school getting higher
As the small, Colorado town of Manitou Springs gears up for a city council vote that will determine whether marijuana stores can continue to operate within its limits, a physician there is reporting troubling numbers out of Manitou Springs High School. After reviewing...
Marijuana use going up
To understand marijuana and the impact of its legalization, focus like a laser on the data on which everyone bases their interpretations and explanations. News reports often don’t square with the data. Case in point: this article appearing in The Washington Post...Read the book
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