Marijuana Addiction in America

Contact for The Kolbe Family Group: email at KolbeFamilyGroup@gmail.com

Other resources/links to some recent information on the mental health harms of Marijuana use:

The following is a compelling 6 minute video aired earlier this week on the ABC affiliate Denver 7 explaining why Johnny Stack’s parents believe high potency THC caused their son Johnny’s suicide.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/investigations/colorado-family-blames-high-potency-marijuana-for-sons-suicide-urges-lawmakers-to-look-at-impact-of-dabbing

Statement by The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland – Cannabis is ‘gravest threat’ to youth mental health
https://www.thejournal.ie/cannabis-potency-grave-threat-young-people-mental-health-5427521-May2021/

The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (CPsychI) has warned that cannabis represents the “gravest threat to the mental health of young people in Ireland today”, saying that the combination of increasingly potent strains of the drug, and a widespread conception among the public that it is harmless, are having “devastating” effects.

Statement by the President of the American Medical Association, April 9, 2021
In states that have already legalized cannabis, the AMA believes jurisdictions should take steps to regulate the product effectively to protect public health and safety. This includes regulating retail sales, limiting the potency of cannabis extracts and concentrates, and requiring that the packaging for edible products is child-resistant to protect children from unintentional ingestion.

https://www.ama-assn.org/about/leadership/questions-still-surround-cannabis-use-and-public-health?utm_source=BulletinHealthCare&utm_medium=email&utm_term=041721&utm_content=physicians&utm_campaign=article_alert-morning_rounds_weekend

Additional Valuable Resources On The Harms Associated With High Potency THC Products

Johnny’s Ambassadors—Youth Marijuana Prevention Website: https://johnnysambassadors.org/

Some of the Best Recorded Expert Webinars:
CANNABIS USE AND PSYCHOSIS: THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG
Original Webinar: Friday, June 18, 2021
Featured expert: Dr. Marta Di Forti, MD
https://johnnysambassadors.org/ja210618/

THE MARIJUANA HARM GAP: BUSTING MYTHS AND UPENDING POPULAR NARRATIVE WITH CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH
Original Webinar: Friday, January 29, 2021
Featured expert: Prof. Mary Cannon, Ph.D.
https://johnnysambassadors.org/ja210129/

MARIJUANA: STATE OF THE SCIENCE
Original Webinar Friday, May 7, 2021
Featured expert: Bertha K Madras, PhD
https://johnnysambassadors.org/ja210507/

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Final Statement on Narcotics: Problems and Solutions of this Global Issue https://www.pas.va/en/events/2016/narcotics/final_statement.html

A Statement of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts on the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana
https://www.macatholic.org/sites/macatholic.org/files/assets/Bishop%27s%20Statement%20on%20Marijuana.pdf

Of Vice And Medicine: A Catholic Perspective On Marijuana Legalization In The United States
https://catholic-link.org/of-vice-and-medicine-a-catholic-perspective-on-marijuana-legalization-in-the-united-states/