Eastern Washington MJ DUIs On the Rise... Maybe
In the somewhat small Eastern Washington town of Spokane Valley, there is a rise in marijuana-related DUIs.
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Colorado High School and the Gravity Bong Lockdown
A Colorado high school went into modified lockdown after a student apparently took a big hit off a gravity bong.
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Justice for Alexandria Hill, Removed From Parents for Marijuana and Murdered in Foster Care
This week, Alexandria Hill received justice when a jury found her foster mother Sherill Small guilty of capital murder. She was removed from her parent’s custody because they naively admitted to Child Protective Services that they sometimes used marijuana at night, after Alex was asleep, to help them rest as well.
Spice "Synthetic Marijuana" ER Visits on the Rise
After writing an article about synthetic marijuana, or spice, this past October I was not at all surprised when I read about a new study indicating that emergency visits to the hospital for incidents involving Spice are on the rise.
Cannabis Decriminalization Does Not Increase Teen Risk Behaviors
Since decriminalization, have any of these apocalyptic divinations come to fruition? Nope. Not a single one has come true. Not only are teen arrest, dropout and overdose rates not increasing, they have actually declined since the reform passed.
Cannabis Not the Scariest Thing About Halloween, After All
Well, the ghoulish holiday came and went, so how did these scarey stories hold up? Turns out, surprise surprise, this was just another case of good old fashioned reefer madness.
Longitudinal UK Study Shows No Relationship Between Moderate Adolescent Cannabis Use and IQ
A 20 year longitudinal study has recently found that moderate cannabis use in adolescence has no association with detrimental effects on educational and intellectual performance, although heavy cannabis use is associated with poorer exam results at age 16.
Halloweed: Cannabis Candy on the Loose in Denver
Recently, Denver police issued a pre-Halloween warning to residents: The candy your kids get this Halloween could be infused with Marijuana and you should just throw it out if it's not from one of the big name-brand candy companies (since when did Halloween work for corporate America?).
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Family Law & Cannabis Alliance Announces Groundbreaking Legal Network
Family Law & Cannabis Alliance (FLCA), a national nonprofit organization providing information on Child Protective Services (CPS), family court, and marijuana is proud to officially launch its groundbreaking legal network, available at no cost ...
Is Spice Nice? A Look at Synthetic Cannabis
Before heading out on a Friday night, a friend stopped by my place to see if I was interested in smoking "a bowl". What he didn't reveal until after we had partaken was that this was a bowl of spice, not my familiar friend cannabis.
Dispensaries Make Good Neighbors
Despite the uproarious crying of DJ Kevin Sabet and the Quack Pack, the uptick in dispensaries has not caused a proto-armageddon complete with dancing chainsaws and turtles in lingerie. On the contrary, it seems that dispensaries make exceptionally good neighbors in Denver business communities.
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New York Governor Seeks U.S. Waiver on Medical Marijuana
Less than a year after he opposed the use of medical marijuana, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is now asking the U.S. Justice Department for a waiver to permit the state to import limited amounts of marijuana for the treatment of seriously ill children and young adults who suffer from rare seizure disorders.
4 Year Old Kicks Cancer With Cannabis
Here is yet another marijuana success story that flies directly in the face of its schedule I federal status designation of "no medical use." 4 year old boy Landon Riddle was diagnosed with leukemia and prescribed a rigorous treatment of chemotherapy and a myriad of anti-cancer pills.
Frequent Misuse of Scientific Studies in Media Stories Linked to Biased Reporting
In an article from CNN, they reference a new study that explores the relationship between teen cannabis use and later life developments including high-school completion, attainment of university degree, cannabis dependence, use of other illicit drugs, suicide attempt, depression and welfare dependence.
New Drug Use Data Spoils Prohibitionist Propaganda
While cannabis use in the general population has showed a steady increase (unsurprisingly in our softening cannabis culture), it has leveled off among teen users.
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Marijuana Caregivers Escape Colorado Crackdown
Confronted with a room full of teary parents with sick children, Colorado health authorities on Tuesday changed course on a plan to limit marijuana caregivers to 10 patients.
100% of New Cannabis Addiction Reports Show Signs of Reefer Madness
The idea that cannabis could be much worse for teenage users than previously expected, could make any parent lose sleep at night. Fortunately, those parents can breathe a little easier - because the story's lede is misleading nearly to the point of outright falsehood.
Hickenlooper's "Lab Rat" Campaign a Blunder
You can imagine how loud my eyes rolled when I read about Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper's anti-teen-marijuana use campaign. Much like the ridiculous "this is your brain on drugs" egg-frying scenes from my youth, the Governor's message is "Don't be a lab rat."