Find Marijuana in Your Child’s Room? How to React Smartly and Safely Substance AbuseBy Promises Behavioral HealthAugust 15, 2016Imagine the shock of finding marijuana in your child’s room. A million thoughts instantly swarm your mind. You begin to panic and immediately feel like lashing out in rage and sadness. Are you a failure as a parent? Where did you go wrong? Where do you go from here?
Edible Marijuana Overdoses May Be Linked to Two Self-Inflicted Deaths News and ResearchBy Promises Behavioral HealthSeptember 26, 2015Two men who killed themselves a year apart both had eaten large amounts of marijuana-laced sweets, fueling ongoing concerns about the labeling and uneven effects of pot edibles.
IRS Gives Thumbs Up to Pot Accountants, But Huge Tax Bite Will Continue AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthJuly 30, 2015Tax professionals who assist licensed pot growers, product manufacturers and retailers in Colorado and Washington “will not be considered unethical [and] will not be targeted for audit,” the IRS advisory council said in a November 2014 statement.
Exercise Helps Prevent Marijuana Relapse, Study Finds Drug AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthJune 24, 2015Consumption of cannabis/marijuana leads to the onset of drug addiction in a significant number of users, even when use only occurs on an occasional basis. As is true with other forms of addiction, people recovering from cannabis addiction run the risk of relapsing back into active substance intake after establishing an initial pattern of abstinence.…
As Business Booms, Jobs Are Going to Pot Culture & Media, FeaturedBy Promises Behavioral HealthApril 11, 2015The growing acceptability of marijuana in America, from medical use in 19 states to outright legalization in four, has opened new doors for job seekers as the national economy bounces back from depression.
Denver Airport Officials Say No to Pot-Related Souvenirs Culture & MediaBy Promises Behavioral HealthMarch 20, 2015Despite Colorado’s legalization of marijuana, travelers passing through Denver International Airport will not be able to purchase pot-themed souvenirs and mementos inside facility terminals. This policy announcement comes on the heels of airport management’s decision to turn down a retail application from a vender who wanted to hawk clothing emblazoned with marijuana imagery. So from…
New Bill Regarding Marijuana Edibles Passes in Colorado AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 21, 2014A new bill concerning edible marijuana products has passed the Colorado Legislature with bipartisan support. The new law requires that marijuana edibles be clearly recognizable as marijuana products even after they have been removed from their original container or packaging.
Synthetic Marijuana Use Common Among Young Adults, Study Finds AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 10, 2014Synthetic marijuana products are drugs that contain a combination of mind-altering substances called synthetic cannabinoids and some type of inactive plant material. Most of the well-known main ingredients in these drugs are banned under federal law; however, illicit drug manufacturers commonly use chemical tricks to technically avoid legal liability for their actions. In a study…
Marijuana Now Legal in Two More States, District of Columbia Culture & MediaBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 7, 2014Slowly but surely, America’s long-standing prohibition of marijuana is going up in smoke. On Nov. 4, two more states – Oregon and Alaska – officially legalized the sale of pot for recreational use. Meanwhile, voters in Washington, D.C., voted to lift a sizeable portion of the criminal sanctions against the sale and distribution of marijuana, subject…
Philadelphia Decriminalizes Marijuana AddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthNovember 5, 2014Decriminalizing pot is an action that many municipal governments have taken, but the term is confusing. Despite how it sounds, decriminalization is not the same as legalization. Attitudes toward marijuana are constantly shifting, as well as the laws that parallel them, and it becomes more and more important to understand what it all means. Decriminalization…
