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The Cleveland Clarion – September 28, 2015 See – Teen pot use documentary gets Oregon grad into college, KGW.com A documentary film endeavoring to show “weed culture” at Cleveland by an alumnus has made waves, getting more than 120,000 views on Youtube and making the school community uncomfortable. 2015 graduate Ben Grayzel’s “High School: An […]
By Kimber P. Richter, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Sharon Levy, M.D., M.P.H., New England Journal of Medicine, June 11, 2014 The United States is divided over the legalization of marijuana. Arguments in favor include protection of individual rights, elimination of criminal sentencing for minor offenses, collection of tax revenue, and elimination of the black market. Counterarguments […]
The following article is presented as news relevant to the mental health community, but please note the video is a political advertisement. We are posting it because it features Richard Harris, the former head of addictions and mental health for the Oregon Health Authority. This posting should not be taken as indicative of MHAP’s position […]
From KGW.com, June 18, 2014 A small contingent of canvassers for one of Oregon’s two marijuana legalization ballot measures has gone on strike after saying their paychecks either bounced or were late. Campaign spokesman Leo Townsell, however, says the seven workers demanded free marijuana and other perks the campaign could not provide. Townsell acknowledged that […]
From The Oregonian, November 29, 1953. Not available elsewhere online. READ – New hope for alcoholics (PDF); from The American Weekly and syndicated in The Oregonian. This article, by James Munch, a pharmaceutical scientist at Temple University. The treatment he refers to may be antabuse. From Answers.com, “His sole claim to fame was that he […]
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