Our Growing Problem of Traumatized Children

Photos of passed out parents with toddlers have surfaced everywhere — the images of our addiction epidemic.  (Above photo is from the East Liverpool, Ohio, Police Department.) Though it’s often heroin, fentanyl or opiates that kill, most of the young people dying today began their illicit drug use with pot.  (Read Part 1,   Part … Continue reading Our Growing Problem of Traumatized Children

Successful Strategies for Deep Healing of Trauma and Pain

Using Mind-Body Connection for Deep Healing The average medical marijuana cardholder in California is a 32-year-old male who uses it for chronic pain.  If so many young people have so much chronic pain, it’s tempting to think medical marijuana is for “anyone who can fake an ache,” according to Professor Jon Caulkins of Carnegie Mellon … Continue reading Successful Strategies for Deep Healing of Trauma and Pain

The Common Element in These Suicides: Marijuana

The common element in all these suicides or self-inflicted deaths was marijuana.   Marijuana was the factor, not alcohol or other drugs…………in all cases.  (Read Part 1 and Part 2) Marc Bullard, 23      Colorado Brant Clark, 17        Colorado Tron Dohse, 26        Colorado Luke Goodman, 23      Colorado, traveling from Oklahoma Daniel Juarez, 18     Colorado … Continue reading The Common Element in These Suicides: Marijuana

Marijuana Use is Linked to Increased Suicide Risk

(Please see Part 1: Marijuana Suicide, a Growing Risk for our Youth) Marijuana-related suicide is a controversial topic because other websites include commenters who claim marijuana saved their lives. Pot interferes with the reward center of the brain, just like cocaine, alcohol and heroin. So when someone dependent on the drug doesn’t have it, their … Continue reading Marijuana Use is Linked to Increased Suicide Risk