Saving Our Youth from the Harms of THC
By Laura Stack
Pro-marijuana advocates often claim the nation of Iceland has the highest per-capita use of marijuana in the world, based on an old UN report—so much so that the authorities turn a blind eye to it. After all, what else is there to do but get stoned on an icy island with a total population (330,000) lower than some American cities?… Read the rest
By Laura Stack
The wave of decriminalization/legalization of marijuana keeps marching across the land in 2021. Businesses providing marijuana and its paraphernalia are proliferating like fire ants. Serious marijuana users remain a relatively small American minority, but they have powerful allies in business.… Read the rest
By Laura Stack
It’s been over a century since some savvy businessmen took tobacco out of the hands of roll-your-own, everyday joes and started producing cheap cigarettes in bulk. Aside from making the product affordable to almost anyone, their most profitable innovation lay in using milder and better-cured tobacco with smoke that was more palatable and easier to inhale deeply.… Read the rest
By Laura Stack
According to the annual LESSONS LEARNED FROM STATE MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION report from marijuana industry watchdog Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), cannabis is on its way to becoming the next Big Tobacco. In Colorado where I live, recreational use of marijuana has been legal since 2012 and widely available in 2014, when Johnny was 14 years old and started experimenting.… Read the rest
By Laura Stack
Since 1971, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) has tracked substance use and related health issues in the United States as a whole, under the auspices of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).… Read the rest
By Laura Stack
Teens may have heard incorrectly that marijuana can help them get over negative things happening their lives. Some people claim cannabis is a miracle drug, with few negative effects; however, their claims are mostly wishful thinking and marketing tactics to get a new generation addicted to their products.… Read the rest
By Laura Stack
Most of us are so used to thinking of marijuana as a recreational drug that it might surprise you to learn that some teens don’t use it to get high. In a number of small studies, teenage users have reported using marijuana primarily to cope with life issues.… Read the rest
By Laura Stack
As a Colorado mother whose family has been devastated by teen marijuana use, I was quite interested when the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) released two important studies on August 3, 2020: THC in Colorado Marijuana, and its Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) 2019 Supplemental.… Read the rest