Addiction research psychologist & author: women's treatment needs, NGO services & #cannabis SBIRT. Following a long academic career now self-employed contractor
Comprehensive racism study that got instantly buried when it came out:
White people have the lowest in-group preference and the highest out-group tolerance
Black people have the highest level of in-group racial bias and lowest out-group tolerance (against white people).
Hispanics, Asians, and black people all rank white people dead last in their out-group preference.
Cannabis use disorder is linked to certain genetic markers across racial groups, and in people with European ancestry it is associated with lung cancer. https://t.co/IS7hAC6KcV
You have to wonder, these days, about the overall effectiveness of having total strangers -- paid, not volunteers -- knock on your door wanting to talk about politics.
Medical Cannabis Did Not Reduce Pain Prescriptions, Procedures | Law and Medicine | JAMA | JAMA Network
(Conclusions similar to Larkin and Madras). https://t.co/cate2bQGsI
Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of THC, CBD or combination finds no benefit for pain, spasticity, quality of life, or patients impression of change.
Patients expectation was a 8 out of 10 before the start of treatment.
https://t.co/iVCxEvlCwb
"teens who use cannabis recreationally were two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with depression and to have suicidal thoughts than those who don't use pot at all...four times more likely to have mental health disorders than non-users." https://t.co/aIY9iqmadv
#California’s cannabis industry is in a free-fall, with some municipalities in the northern part of the state making plans for significantly reduced tax revenues as a result of a collapse in wholesale prices. https://t.co/LaGUyp2PGJ