High-Potency THC

June 28, 2021June 30, 2021

Research Update: Marijuana for PTSD

If you’ve heard any of my talks about medical marijuana, you’ll know that one of my biggest frustrations with the medical marijuana system is the inclusion of PTSD as a qualifying condition. As a psychologist, particularly one who trained for 3 years in the VA Hospital system, its inclusion is baffling and disappointing: if you talk to anyone who actually treats PTSD in a professional context, they will tell you that marijuana and other addictive substances are contraindicated for PTSD.… Read the rest

June 21, 2021February 24, 2023

Is a “Dab” a Dance Move? Let’s Talk About Dabbing

By Laura Stack

Around 2010, marijuana hash oil products appeared, and dispensaries began to carry early versions of budders, saps, and waxes. They weren’t common when voters voted to legalize recreational marijuana in Colorado in 2012. But by 2015, these new-fangled high-potency waxes and extracts started appearing in high schools.… Read the rest

June 7, 2021June 6, 2021

Politics and Science Are Both Catching up With Big Marijuana

Guest post by Kevin Sabet

This week, House Democrats on Capitol Hill will re-introduce the Marijuana Opportunity and Reinvestment and Expungement Act, otherwise known as the MORE Act. For those who are following along, this bill was passed out of the House last year during the December “lame duck” session following the November election.… Read the rest

May 31, 2021May 30, 2021

I am a doctor — I see the harm high-potency THC does to children

Lawmakers should visit the hospital for a view of the effect these drugs have on communities

Guest Post by Dr. Karen Randall

A worker touches plants at a cannabis greenhouse at the growing facility of the Tikun Olam company on March 7, 2011, near the northern city of Safed, Israel.

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May 10, 2021May 19, 2022

What’s in a Name? Marijuana Versus Cannabis

By Laura Stack

At Johnny’s Ambassadors, we educate parents and teens about the dangers of today’s high-THC marijuana on adolescent brain development, mental illness, and suicide. Recently, Johnny’s Ambassadors has been asked about our usage of the term “marijuana” versus “cannabis.”… Read the rest

May 3, 2021April 28, 2021

No Leadership on Homelessness Prevention in California

Guest post by Heidi Anderson-Swan

Two states, Colorado and Washington, have pending bills to cap the THC concentrates at 15% and 30%, respectively. I applaud these efforts because their success will lower the rates of psychosis. However, it’s important to understand marijuana use is still an environmental risk factor for schizophrenia, even when the THC potencies are between merely 2-8%. … Read the rest

April 26, 2021April 27, 2021

The Hidden Dangers of High Potency Marijuana Products

By Dr. Bomi Joseph, guest contributor

Thousands of years ago, many common fruits and flowers had a dramatically different appearance. Wild peaches were the size of acorns, berries were tiny and guarded by sharp thorns, and sugarcane looked more like grass than the woody, thick stalks that developed over centuries of selective breeding.… Read the rest

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

Marijuana and Pregnancy

By Laura Stack

One of the least publicized but arguably most damaging cannabis-induced physical disorders, as defined by the Diagnostics and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (a.k.a. DSM-5), is pregnancy complications. Unfortunately, many expectant mothers are either deliberately misled or simply ignorant about how marijuana can harm their developing babies.… Read the rest

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

Please Help Johnny’s Ambassadors with Our Anti-420 Efforts!

Hello, Johnny’s Ambassadors! Did you know in a few weeks, teens and young adults around the world will celebrate 420 DAY? Do you know what 420 Day is and why it’s meaningful in marijuana culture? And more importantly, do you know where your teen will be at 4:20 PM on Tuesday, April 20?… Read the rest

March 15, 2021March 13, 2021

What’s the Big Deal About Marijuana Potency?

By Laura Stack

The more powerful the marijuana product, the more likely it will damage your brain. Probably slowly, but possibly immediately. That’s not anti-marijuana propaganda; it’s proven scientific fact.

Less than a century ago, this would have been enough to put most people off marijuana for good.… Read the rest