marijuana

Pot Heads Should Disclose Usage Before Surgery

VIDEO – PROTECT THE BODY TEMPLE – Jan. 22, 2023 - These particular guidelines took almost two years to develop. Most of the available literature is basic science or animal science. The clinical data is unfortunately... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 31 2023marijuanapotsmoking

Moms Are Changing The Narrative Around Weed

GOING TO THE DRIVE THROUGH...AGAIN – Jan. 24, 2022 - It’s a typical Instagram reel: Overwhelming kids, raucous noise. It’s been a long day. A mom locks herself in the bathroom as The Spice Girls sing in ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJan 24 2023marijuanapotsmokingweed

Screen All Surgery Patients for Cannabis Use

BONG AT YOUR OUR RISK – Jan. 3, 2023 - Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug in the U.S. and the most commonly used psychoactive substance after alcohol, noted guideline co-author and ASRA Pain M... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023marijuanapotsmokingTraumaVaping

Children Accidentally Eating Cannabis Edibles

PARENTAL ABUSE – Jan. 3, 2023 - Clinical toxicologist Varun Vohra said the Michigan Poison & Drug Information Center at Wayne State University School of Medicine, where he is the director, has experienced i... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJan 10 2023marijuanapotTraumaweed

Marijuana Advocates Stunned After McConnell Opposition

LEGALIZE BANKING – Dec. 21, 2022 - The $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill unveiled Tuesday includes all kinds of expenditures, but it does not include the SAFE Banking Act, a bipartisan measure that would undo... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 27 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanapotsmoking

Drug 100 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl

VIDEO – CAN IT GET WORSE? – Dec. 13, 2022 - Recreational drugs like marijuana can be laced with Carfentanil. The drug can also be made into pressed pills. ”We had don’t do drugs, because if you do you... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 20 2022Drug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionmarijuanaRecoveryTrauma

Book: “From Junkie To Judge”

DON’T JUDGE THE JOURNEY – Dec. 8, 2022 - With one glug of Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill wine, my world changed. I felt euphoric and relaxed, a lovely state my brain encouraged me to reproduce. So, I got drunk fr... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 13 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewmarijuanaRecoveryRehab

Cannabis For Pain Relief? Review of 20 Studies Provides Sobering Results

YOU CAN’T INHALE A PLACEBO – Nov. 29, 2022 - This corroborates the results of a 2021 meta-analysis. In fact, this 2021 meta-analysis also found that higher-quality studies with better blinding procedures... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanapotRecoveryRehabsmoking

Marijuana Use Soars Among Young Adults

THE WORLD HAS GONE TO POT – Nov. 28, 2022 - Other states, such as Florida and Pennsylvania, have legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes. The Gallup analysis buttresses a recent study by Templ... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanapotsmoking

Neuroscientist Explains: Cannabis Users More Likely to Develop Chronic Major Depression

THE BUZZ THAT LASTS A LIFETIME – Nov. 24, 2022 - While cannabis is usually looked at as a drug that’s meant to chill you out, smoking it regularly can have the opposite effect. The Professor explained that t... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022depressionmarijuanapotsmoking

Marijuana More Deadly In Cigarette Smokers

LUNGS—YOU ONLY HAVE TWO – Nov. 17, 2022 - Over 3 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with the potentially deadly disease despite it being one of the most preventable respiratory illnesses, a... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuananicotineNov 22 2022Recoverysmokingweed

Skyrocketing Support for Legal Marijuana

BACKING IS HIGH – Oct. 24, 2022 - Measures to legalize recreational marijuana are on the ballot in five states in next month’s election, including four red ones. If they pass, it will mean nearly half of... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaNov 1 2022potRecoverysmoking

Side Effects of Smoking “Too Much” Marijuana Say Doctors

BE CAREFUL BRAINS ARE FRAGILE – Oct. 10, 2022 - It is well-known that smoking marijuana can negatively affect the brain,” Dr. Mitchell emphasizes. For example, studies have shown that it can impair memor... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaOct 18 2022potsmoking

Biden Pardons Thousands of Convicted Marijuana Users

IT TOOK LONG ENOUGH – Oct. 8, 2022 - The pardons will clear about 6,500 people who were convicted on federal charges of simple possession of marijuana from 1992 to 2021 and thousands more who were convicted of ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaOct 11 2022potRecovery

Today’s Marijuana Can Lead to Addiction and Psychotic Episodes

VIDEO – TOO HIGH! – Sept. 28, 2022 - “Whenever I was induced psychosis by cannabis, I had thoughts of other people wanting to hurt me,” Plant told CBN News. “Thoughts of the only way of being safe was to end my... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaOct 4 2022potRecoveryRehabsmoking

Construction Company Owner Embraces Sobriety With ‘Joy Hour’

HAPPY, JOYOUS AND WORKING – Sept. 30, 2022 - Lyman grew up in “a church school setting,” he said, living “kind of a sheltered life” in the Bellevue-Issaquah area. His late father, Steve, owned his own co... Read More...

12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewmarijuanaOct 4 2022potRecoveryRehab

Medical Cannabis Could Replace Addictive Opioids

AUDIO – AND RESURRECT CHEECH AND CHONG’S CAREER – Sept. 28, 2022 - Nearly 86% said it helped reduce pain, and 84% said their pain was not interfering with normal social activities as much as it was before they ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaOct 4 2022opioidspotRecoverysmoking

Which Red State is Jailing Pregnant Marijuana Users?

IS TRUMP THE GOVERNOR? – Sept. 15, 2022 - She’s not the only one. Another woman, Hali Burns, was taken to the Etowah county jail just six days after giving birth to her son, with police saying that she had test... Read More...

Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanapotRecoverySept 20 2022smoking

Providers Face Multiple Challenges Working With Potheads

BUT SO TALENTED – Sept. 11, 2022 - At the Cape Cod Symposium on Addictive Disorders, Tanya L. Gouveia, MS, MPA, LCDP-II, LADC-I, who runs Addiction Recovery Counseling and serves as an adjunct professor ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanapotRecoveryRehabSept 20 2022smoking

High THC Marijuana Linked To Psychiatric Illness

VIDEO – BLOW YOUR BRAIN TO HEAVEN – Aug. 30, 2022 - “I had to quit my job because the voices in my head were so distracting,” Ethan said, adding that the worst symptom was confusing dreams with re... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanapotSept 6 2022smoking

Young Adults Using Weed and Hallucinogens At Highest Rates On Record

GENERATION RAM DASS – Aug. 24, 2022 - Alcohol was the most popular substance in the study, though rates of daily drinking have decreased in the past 10 years. But binge drinking — which the orga... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 30 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanapotPsychedelicssmokingweed

Audio from Drug Overdose Involving Madison County Candidate

VIDEO – A CANDIDATE FOR NARCAN – August 10, 2022 - Police were told Saturday, July 30 began at a golf tournament at the Cazenovia Country Club, where the people admitted to drinking alcohol and using marijuana.... Read More...

Aug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionmarijuanaOverdoseRecoveryRehab

Dangerous Artificial Marijuana Used Less in States Where Weed is Legalized

LEGALIZATION IS HARM REDUCTION – Aug. 9, 2022 - However, those numbers may now be declining in states in which the use of recreational marijuana is permitted, said Tracy Klein, assistant director f... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaRecoverysmokingweed

Marijuana Can Be Addictive—But It’s Not Like Other Drugs. Here’s why…

PUFF THE MAGIC DRAG ON – Aug. 11, 2022 - “The word addiction means so many different things to so many people, and that makes it kind of a challenging question in that sense,” Dr. Aaron Norton, a mental ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 16 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanapotsmokingweed

Congress Should Pass Democratic Bill to Legalize Cannabis

THIS ISN’T RUSSIA! – Aug. 1, 2022 - It’s time to stop pretending the war on drugs ever worked. And a bill from a few Democratic members in the Senate is a step toward that. Sen. Cory Booker, Senate Major... Read More...

Aug 9 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictioninterventionmarijuanasmokingweed

Today’s Potent Pot Could Be Prescription for Addiction

HIGHER and HIGHER – July 26, 2022 - The researchers found that people who use high-potency marijuana are more likely to experience addiction than those using low-potency products. The study also suggests that p... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryAug 2 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionmarijuanapotsmoking

Conflict Zones Are Magnets For Synthetic Drug Production

CHAOS IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS – July 4, 2022 - Opium production worldwide grew seven per cent between 2020 and 2021 to 7,930 tons—predominantly due to increased production in Afghanistan. However, the global area... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJuly 12 2022marijuanaopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma

Marijuana Users More Likely to Need Emergency Care and Hospitalization

WOULD THEY EVEN NOTICE? – June 28, 2022 - “Unlike tobacco, there is some uncertainty or controversy regarding the adverse health impacts of cannabis. Some individuals may perceive that cannabis has some health... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJuly 5 2022marijuanapotsmokingTrauma

Psychosis, Chronic Vomiting: Potent Weed Making Teens Sick

A HIGH SO LOW – June 23, 2022 - This was not your average weed. The oil and waxes she bought from dealers were typically about 90% THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana. But because these products were d... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 28 2022marijuanaRecoverysmokingteenagersweed

How To Stop Smoking Weed

READ MORE BOOKS – June 16, 2022 - 7 tips to quit smoking weed Want to know how to quit smoking marijuana? Dr. Streem shares these strategies to help you kick the habit: 1. Treat underlying problems “Wh... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionJune 21 2022marijuanaRecoveryRehabsmokingweed

[ninja-popup ID=12216]