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Top Substance Abuse Research Findings of 2012 from About.com
Buddy T., anonymous recovery writer for About.com, penned a wonderful column on the most important research about ATOD in 2012. And, leading the way are — new findings on the harms of marijuana. Our knowledge about the science of marijuana … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholics Anonymous, Binge drinking, Cannabis, Drug abuse, Drug treatment, Drugged driving, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Recovery, Substance abuse, Substance use disorder treatment, Treatment, Weed
Tagged About.com, addiction, alcoholism, binge drinking, Buddy T., cannabis, cannabis addiction, drug treatment, drugged driving, marijuana, medical marijuana, treatment, weed
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“…Drugged driving is a highway safety threat on the level of drunk driving”
Marijuana legalization is the wrong way to go in the search for a better drug policy. We need policies that reduce drug use, not policies like legalization that increase drug use. Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Cannabis, Drugged driving, Drunk driving, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Prevention, Recovery, Smoking, Weed
Tagged BAC, cannabis, drugged driving, drunk driving, DUI, DWI, legalization, marijuana, marijuana legalization
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Legalization may mean more drugged driving — and more drunk-drugged driving
With the legalization of marijuana, more people will be smoking marijuana, so drugged driving will likely increase. The marijuana lobby likes to suggest that more people smoking weed will mean fewer people drinking – therefore, less drunk driving. But researchers say there’s no evidence of that. So, we will probably have an increase in drugged driving while drinking and driving remains the same. If so, it follows that drinking and drugging while driving may increase. That’s not a good situation, to put it mildly. Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Cannabis, Drug abuse, Drugged driving, Drunk driving, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, MJ lobby, Recovery, Substance abuse, Weed
Tagged cannabis, drugged driving, drunk driving, DUI, DWI, legalization, marijuana, marijuana legalization, weed
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Marijuana legalization: Damn the science, full speed ahead
By Jim Gogek If tobacco was not legal, and we knew the full scientific extent of its health impacts, would we legalize it today? Not a chance. A substance that’s dangerously addictive and kills half the people who use it … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Drug abuse, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, MJ lobby, Pot doc, Recovery, Substance abuse, Substance use disorder treatment, Treatment, Weed
Tagged adolescent marijuana use, cannabis, cannabis addiction, cannabis addiction treatment, legalize marijuana, marijuana, marijuana addiction, marijuana legalization, marijuana lobby, pot, weed
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After legalization, the powerful marijuana lobby would kill marijuana taxes. Just ask the San Diego City Council…
By Jim Gogek Advocates for legal marijuana promise that we could tax the heck out of it to pay for any costs it might create, such as the costs of treating the increased number of people addicted to marijuana. But … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, MJ lobby, Recovery, Substance abuse
Tagged alcohol taxes, California medical marijuana, legalization, legalize marijuana, marijuana, marijuana dispensaries, marijuana industry, marijuana legalization, marijuana lobby, marijuana taxes, medical marijuana, medical marijuana dispensaries, MJ lobby, San Diego City Council, tobacco taxes
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Medical marijuana in the Wild West: Montana vs. New Mexico
By Jim Gogek Montana may repeal its medical marijuana law. The Treasure State took a Wild West, anything goes approach to medical marijuana, much like Colorado and California, and people there are fairly shocked by what happened. Marijuana purveyors popped … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, MJ lobby, Recovery, Substance abuse
Tagged Boulder, California, cannabis, Colorado, marijuana, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, Montana, New Mexico, pot, pot doc, weed
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A doctor’s opinion: Medical marijuana should never be smoked
[Dear readers, This post is by my brother, Ed Gogek, MD, an Arizona physician who was very active in opposing Arizona’s new medical marijuana law. The following excerpt was written as comment on new regulations for the AZ law. His … Continue reading
Medical associations coming out against medical marijuana as the reality of state pot laws gets silly
Medical marijuana is getting more and more ridiculous. And the news media, finally, is finally taking a more discriminating look at the whole issue. In the beginning, the media took a “wow, cool…” view of the subject, succumbing … Continue reading
Posted in Drug abuse, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, MJ lobby, Pot doc, Substance abuse
Tagged marijuana, medical marijuana, pot caregiver, pot clinic, pot doc
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Marijuana addiction: MJ lobby vs. science
Is marijuana physically addictive or not? The MJ lobby says no. But medical science says otherwise. Who do you believe? Like almost all ballot measures and new laws, Proposition 19, California’s marijuana legalization initiative, includes many one-sided arguments and conjecture … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Drug abuse, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, MJ lobby, Recovery, Substance abuse, Treatment
Tagged adolescent marijuana use, cannabis addiction, cannabis addiction treatment, legalizing marijuana, legalizing marijuana in California, marijuana, marijuana addiction, marijuana addiction treatment, marijuana lobby, MJ, MJ lobby
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Marijuana vs. Alcohol: A made-up story brought to you by the MJ lobby
One of the craziest arguments from the marijuana lobby is that young people should smoke marijuana because it’s less dangerous than alcohol. We were recently subjected to the strange spectacle of a group of mothers in Colorado pushing … Continue reading
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