BreakPoint 29 June 2020 Family First Comment: The title of the study telegraphs the punchline: “Legalized Cannabis in Colorado Emergency Departments: A Cautionary Review of Negative Health and Safety Effects.” Cannabis legalization has led to significant health consequences, particularly to patients…
TVNZ One News 29 June 2020 Family First Comment: Excellent result – despite a significant spend by the Drug Foundation ($300k).. “According to the poll, those more likely than average to be against legalising cannabis are National Party supporters and people…
SpringerLink 8 June 2020 Family First Comment: The state legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2012. Adolescent marijuana use after legalization remained steady or trended down slightly. However, the 2018 survey indicates a slight upward trend for 8th and 10th grade…
The Conversation 15 June 2020 Family First Comment: Compared to babies whose mothers did not use marijuana before or during their pregnancies, babies whose mothers were still using the drug at 15 weeks had a smaller birth weight, head circumference, and…
Media Release 30 June 2020 Many children’s lives today are marked by family turmoil. They live with parents who experience multiple relationship transitions leading to fractured family and friend networks, changes of neighbourhoods and schools. These children live with loss…
Family First Comment: Dr. Jerome Adams is the 20th Surgeon General of the United States. He addresses marijuana-related questions he often receives including those related to the chemical composition and potency of today’s marijuana, associated risks, and what parents and…
USA Today 31 January 2020 Family First Comment: If he remains off pot and symptom-free a year after the episode, the psychiatrist can say with certainty he suffered from “cannabis-induced psychosis.” “What shocked me is that I had never heard…
NJ.com 27 June 2020 Family First Comment: “The unethical choices the tobacco industry made decades ago marketing its addictive and harmful products to kids and the lax government oversight that allowed it to happen are playing out again in California’s legal…
Radio NZ News 28 June 2020 Family First Comment: This new book is worth checking out… “[This bill] is intended for very few, the extreme cases probably. I assumed that the people we would be offering this to would be in…
Radio NZ News 26 June 2020 Family First Comment: “We’re seeing young people who are exhibiting behaviours that are violent, we’re seeing young people melt down in classrooms, we’re seeing young people that are disrupting other students around them and in…
