Marijuana Birth Defects - Articles
Medical marijuana
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Jason Schwartz, LMSW
... ng pro / con pieces recently. I saw the headline for the con piece and thought it might be reefer madness rant, but thankfully it's much smarter than that. Acknowledging that marijuana's risks are relatively small, he argues that the FDA refuses to approve or yanks approval of drugs with fewer risks than marijuana. I don't have a strong opinion on ...
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Teens and marijuana self-medication
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Jason Schwartz, LMSW
... ng pot. These 20 were a subset of 63 pot smoking kids participating in a larger study. A quick read of the study reveals that the authors uncritically accept the premise that marijuana is an effective treatment for a myriad of problems and their citations reflect a bias for self-medication theories. The study looks like a conclusion in search of ev ...
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How marijuana became legal
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Jason Schwartz, LMSW
An interesting take on the history of the medical marijuana and it's role in a movement toward marijuana legalization: This article is not another polemic about why it should or shouldn't be. Today, in any case, the pertinent ...
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Medical Marijuana Take Down
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Jason Schwartz, LMSW
Chuck Lane writes a two posttake down on medical marijuana. As turned off as I am by anything that includes the word "druggie", he more or less states my position. Personal drug possession should be among the lowest enforce ...
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On Medical Marijuana
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Ned Wicker
Over the years I have read a lot about the pros and cons of medical marijuana, and from time-to-time there is a piece on the news about it, usually profiling somebody who is in trouble with the law. The debate continues.Marijuana is so common. ...
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