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What Policy is Effective to Decrease Drug Use in America?

Hear a discussion with Dr. Bertha Madras on High Truths on Drugs and Addiction, Episode #12. Dr. Madras is an IASIC scientific advisor, Harvard Professor and former White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Deputy Director of Demand Reduction. In episode #12, Dr. Madras explains the importance and possible prevention of drug use. The

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Young adult cannabis consumers nearly twice as likely to suffer from a heart attack, research shows

Research from 33,000 adults ages 18 – 44 shows that using cannabis increases your risk of a heart attack. It doesn’t matter if you smoke it, vape it, or eat it. Cannabis can hurt your heart. Read the full article here: https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/07/health/cannabis-heart-attack-young-adult-study-wellness/ Read the study referenced in the article: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/193/35/E1377

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Testing the cannabis gateway hypothesis in a national sample of Spanish adolescents

Please cite this article as: A. García-Pérez, G. Aonso-Diego, S. Weidberg, R. Secades-Villa, Testing the cannabisgateway hypothesis in a national sample of Spanish adolescents, Addictive Behaviors Addictive Behaviors (2023),doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107751 This article has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a coverpage and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet

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Legalizing Marijuana Is a Big Mistake

Of all the ways to win a culture war, the smoothest is to just make the other side seem hopelessly uncool. So it’s been with the march of marijuana legalization: There have been moral arguments about the excesses of the drug war and medical arguments about the potential benefits of pot, but the vibe of

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