Why worry about lead, but not weed?
A few months ago, Jody Hensley, a sharp thinker and supporter of the nonprofit Massachusetts Prevention Alliance and co-coordinator of SAM Massachusetts, which seeks to curb drug abuse and addiction in the Commonwealth, asked a great question at an event in Boston...
Riggs: ‘What was CNN smokin’?’
Last night, I watched Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s documentary, “Weed,” which aired on CNN and included a snippet of my two-hour interview with the production team. As I previously wrote, I wanted to reserve judgment until seeing it for myself. Unfortunately,...Meet Project SAM
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...How adolescents with substance use disorder spend research payments
The outcomes of this research were published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence in October 2010. Study title: How adolescents with substance use disorder spend research payments Authors: Christian Thurstone, Stacy Salomensen-Sautel, and Paula D. Riggs Citation: Drug...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.