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New advocacy group formed - IASIC, the International Academy on the Science and Impact of Cannabis, are doctors who educate on marijuana. The science counters the misperception of the safety of marijuana by international experts who provide science, data, plus clinical expertise. This non-partisan and non-political group are developed, organized, and guided by doctors. MPI is proud to be partnering with them to get the word out about marijuana.
This group has developed an easy to use medical library for the public to understand the harms associated with use. The link below will take you the IASIC site and library.
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May is Mental Heath Awareness month an important time to have a discussion about marijuana use and mental health.
The acute and chronic problems cannabis-dependent individuals face are serious, disheartening, and deserving of treatment. National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data on 505,796 Americans2 show that between 2008 and 2016 individuals aged 12 to 17, who met criteria for a cannabis use disorder (CUD), were 25% more common in states that had enacted Recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) as opposed to those who did not. In addition, the THC content of the various preparations of cannabis has risen over the past 10 years.
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The rates of young children accidentally ingesting illicit substances has been on the rise in recent years. This is in part due to increased opioid use and a broadening of states permitting legal cannabis. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders came into play, Natalie Laub, MD, a child abuse pediatrician at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and an assistant clinical professor at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, noticed added stress on this troubling trend.
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The Meth & Families Committee and the San Diego Domestic Violence Council recently hosted a training, Childhood Trauma and the Developing Brain, on April 20th. A very big thank you to our San Diego & Imperial Counties HIDTA for sponsoring this training series. The training was recorded and is now available on our County of San Diego Meth Strike Force website. To view the training please click here.
This was the first in a two-part webinar series sponsored by HIDTA and put on by the collective planning of the San Diego Domestic Violence Council and San Diego County Meth Strike Force. To register for the next training on June 15th, Healing Trauma and Building Resilience through Healthy Relationships and Community Support,please click here.
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Babies born to mothers diagnosed with cannabis use disorder are more likely to experience negative health outcomes than those without the disorder, according to findings published Thursday by UC San Diego researchers.
Researchers from UCSD's Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science examined nearly five million live births that occurred in California between the years 2001 and 2012, during which diagnoses of cannabis use disorder rose.
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