Grateful for this concise article on marijuana from Columbia University’s School of Public Health. Bottom line: more studies are needed! A second resource of facts citing peer-reviewed clinical studies, is this 4-minute video on marijuana from nutritionfacts.org. Hope these help, ahead of our Weed Inc with Ben Cort event coming up on January 13, 7PM. Please see the Events section

With the help of several hard-working volunteers, we have created a first draft of a New Canaan Therapist Listing. Please download to view in Excel.

A recent article in the New York Times about youth mental health cited the rising levels of anxiety and depression of young adults during the pandemic. With that anxiety and depression comes the inclination to self-medicate with addictive substances including alcohol. During our upcoming virtual Addiction Awareness Vigil, we will hear from speakers who self-medicated and became dysfunctional, followed by

As the New Canaan Parent Support Group plans our 4th Annual Addiction Awareness Vigil, we believe it is important to stand with those whose health has suffered from inequitable access to resources for prevention, treatment and recovery from addiction. Our event theme this year is “Helping Each Other Heal”, which means that ALL in our communities should be supported with

On December 19, 2019, Dr. Drew Pinsky spoke at a White House Summit on Mental Health. His presentation can be viewed here, and starts at about 6:30. The 26-minute presentation is remarkable because wherever the word “mental illness” is used, one could substitute “addiction”. Dr. Drew goes through the almost 60 years of history since the book One Flew Over

I have been obsessed with watching documentaries, listening to podcasts, and thinking about the July 20th Moon landing. It was an incredible feat that is awe-inspiring to think about. How did they pull it off, using technology from 50 years ago. John F. Kennedy had it right, when he stated the following: “we choose to go to the moon…because the

There was an interesting article in the NY Times, about “mostly sober” or “sober curious” being a trend. Makes me wonder if our community would be up for a Sober October or Dry January?

Young people can access this review called Best THC Juul Pods in 2019. Shouldn’t we all be concerned? https://ift.tt/2YR29BF

In the U.S., perception of risk from regular marijuana use among high school seniors had dropped steadily, while use has gradually been increasing. Is there risk from regular use or not? Find out more tomorrow, at Reefer Sanity: Kevin Sabet, Ph.D Debunks the Myths

The red line shows the increasing potency of marijuana since the 70s. This correlates with the increasing numbers of those struggling with marijuana addiction (4Mn in US alone, according to NIDA). Learn more facts on Tuesday, 7PM, in New Canaan. Reefer Sanity: Kevin Sabet, Ph.D Debunks the Myths #debunkingthemyths