This is a brief, 20 minute video, by Dr. Nora Volkow, NIDA Director last week- how marijuana impacts young people.
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February 13, 2014
The Parent Guide to Preventing Underage Marijuana (Spanish)
http://theparenttoolkit.org/es/
http://www.drugabuse.gov/es/en-espanol
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February 7, 2014
February 5, 2014
By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay
The legalization of marijuana is an idea that is gaining momentum in the United States, but there may be a dark side to pot becoming more commonplace, a new study suggests.
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The percentage of 12th grade students who perceive regular marijuana use to be a great risk continues to decrease, according to the most recent data from the national Monitoring the Future (MTF) study. After peaking in the early 1990s, the perceived risk of physical or other harm from regular marijuana use decreased for a few years, then leveled off for a decade before beginning to decline again in 2007....
read more February 5, 2014
Adults using illicit drugs are far more likely to seriously consider suicide than the general adult population according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The report finds that 3.9 percent of the nation’s adult population aged 18 or older had serious thoughts about suicide in the past year, but that the rate among adult illicit drug users...
read more February 5, 2014
The 2014 Drug Free Communities Request for Applications has just been posted on the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Drug Free Communities Support Program website.
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read more February 4, 2014
Girls Matter! a webinar series addressing adolescent girls’ behavioral health
Adolescence is a time of transition with unique challenges and pressures for both girls and boys. This webinar series turns our attention on how these challenges and pressures affect adolescent girls. One in four adolescent girls is experiencing a behavioral...
read more January 31, 2014
SEATTLE -- Voters have spoken in Washington State, leading to the unprecedented legalization of marijuana for adults, as well as the privatization of liquor.
However, a new survey for Seattle students shows these history-making moves may not be in the best interests of our kids.
http://www.komonews.com/news/election/...
January 27, 2014
By Kirk Johnson, New York Times
January 26, 2014
YAKIMA, Wash. - The momentum toward legalized marijuana might seem like an inevitable tide, with states from Florida to New York considering easing laws for medical use, and a full-blown recreational industry rapidly...
read more January 24, 2014
Obama: Marijuana no more dangerous than alcohol
President Obama doesn't think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol, "in terms of its impact on the individual consumer," he told "The New Yorker" magazine in an interview.
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read more January 24, 2014
The National Institute for Drug Abuse has released a new brochure, "Marijuana: Facts For Teens."
read more January 21, 2014
The impending legalization of marijuana sales this spring has real implications for parents and kids. As marijuana becomes more available in homes, how should families adjust to keep children safe?
Dr. Leslie Walker from Seattle Children's and the National Board for "Smart Approaches...
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