Watch Executive Director, Peter Komendowski, talk about current trends in addiction, including the effects of cell phone usage, and what we can do to help ourselves and those around us. Originally published Feb. 27, 2020 by Mediacom Newsleaders
Read more →Watch Executive Director, Peter Komendowski, talk about how to help limit your kids screen time in a healthy way. Originally published on March 5, 2020 by Mediacom Newsleaders.
Read more →Watch a video of a presentation by Peter Komendowski, Executive Director of The Partnership for A Healthy Iowa, given on February 14, 2020 Click here to watch.
Read more →This new wave of meth is causing police and parents of users and even government officials to shift their focus from opioids to this stimulant – a drug that used to be common, then faded, but is resurging. This time, with much more purity, coming directly from
Read more →Juul, one of the country’s leading e-cigarette companies, is accused of illegally targeting young people online in advertising campaigns that featured youthful looking models holding Juul devices, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Read the full article here. The article originally appeared
Read more →This guide for parents and caregivers describes different substances teens use, how a teen may look when on that substance, how they may act, and how the substance may make them feel. Read full article here. This article was originally published by The National Child Traumatic Stress
Read more →Despite having no THC in their system, heavy users consistently performed worse on driving tasks than non-users, making critical, dangerous mistakes. The worst drivers? Those who began using regularly before age 16. Read the full article here. This article originally appeared in CNN on January 14, 2020
Read more →An expert panel created by the National Football League (NFL) and its players union is downplaying the potential benefits of CBD for players, stating that while the cannabis compound shows promise in the treatment of some forms of pain, the science doesn’t currently live up to the
Read more →As legalization of recreational marijuana spreads across the United States, more people are showing up in ERs with psychotic symptoms after consuming too much pot, said Dr. Itai Danovitch, chairman of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Read full article here. This article originally
Read more →This article originally appeared in USA Today on January 3, 2020 by Jayne O’Donnell. …the federal “mental health czar” and psychiastrist, Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, [lamented] how little attention the “settled science” on pot and psychosis gets and the huge increase in suicides among young people with marijuana
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