OP ED: Marijuana, as the Next Big Tobacco, Risks Disaster

OP ED: Marijuana, as the Next Big Tobacco, Risks Disaster

Filed under: Drug Abuse Colorado

The science is clear: marijuana use directly contributes to mental illness, depression, psychosis, permanent loss of IQ and memory, heightened risk of heart attack or stroke, school drop out, addiction to other drugs, and in men, testicular cancer. Big …
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Legal pot: maximum tax revenue, maximum profit, maximum social damage?

Filed under: Drug Abuse Colorado

Washington and Colorado's quasi-legal marijuana industry is likely to cause a lot of unnecessary harm, says Mark Kleiman, professor of public policy at UCLA and an advisor to Washington state on marijuana issues. Writing in Washington Monthly, Kleiman …
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Meet the candidates: Ford County sheriff

Filed under: Drug Abuse Colorado

As far as adult education, I've been involved in alcohol- and drug-abuse education, not only through (the Community Resource & Counseling Center in Paxton) but also other civic organizations as well as church organizations. I've given talks on the new …
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Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent's Story

Filed under: Drug Abuse Colorado

Her story sheds light on three disturbing trends that the Pentagon would rather keep quiet: a culture of drug abuse among service members, the use of ill-prepared young informants to infiltrate that culture, and a pattern of sexual assaults that lead …
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