Addictions Awareness Week: What's really with weed

Honest "Drug Awareness" hard to come by

November 22, 2006 | by Peter Jon Mitchell , Senior Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. National Addictions Awareness Week. (2006) Welcome to NAAW Online. http://www.naaw.net/Parent Action on Drugs (2006, November 20) What’s With Weed – New Comprehensive Educational Program for Young Marijuana Users Launched for Drug Awareness Week. (Media Release) http://www.parentactionondrugs.org/pdf/Whats%20With%20Weed%20Media%20Release%20for%20Toronto.pdf
    Also see http://www.whatswithweed.ca/weed/index.php
  2. The Special Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs. (2002, Sept. 4) Senate Committee Recommends Legalization of Cannabis (News Release) http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/ille-e/press-e/04sep02-e.htm
  3. Degenhardt, L. & Hall, W. (2006, August). Is Cannabis Use a Contributory Cause of Psychosis? Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Vol.51, No. 9. Retrieved from www.cpa-apc.org/Publications/Archives/CJP/2006/august/cjp-august-06-degenhardt-IR.pdf
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    Stephanis, N.C., Delespaul, P., Henquet, C., Bakoula, C., Stephanis, C.N. & Van Os, J. (2004). A Longitudinal Study of the Affects of Adolescent Cannabis Use on High School Completion. Addiction. 98.
  5. Poulin,C., Hand, D., Broudreau,B. & Santor, D. (2005). Gender Differences in the Association Between Substance Use and Elevated Depressive Symptoms in a General Adolescent Population. Addiction. 100.
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  7. Lynskey, M., Coffey, C. Degenhardt, L., Carlin, J.B. & Patton, G. (2003). A Longitudinal Study of the Affects of Adolescent Cannabis Use on High School Completion. Addiction. 98.
  8. Muller, M.D. (1997, January/February). Smoking Any Substance Raises Risk of Lung Infections. NIDA Notes Vol. 12, No. 1. Retrieved from http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol12N1/Smoking.html
  9. Bibby, R.N. (2006). The Boomer Factor. What Canada’s Most Famous Generation is Leaving Behind. Toronto: Bastian Books. p. 26
  10. Bibby, R.N. (2006). The Boomer Factor. What Canada’s Most Famous Generation is Leaving Behind. Toronto: Bastian Books. p. 19
  11. Bibby, R.N. (2006). The Boomer Factor. What Canada’s Most Famous Generation is Leaving Behind. Toronto: Bastian Books. p. 19
  12. Kaufman, M. (2006, May 26). Study Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection. Washington Post. p. A03. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html
  13. Health Canada (2003) “Marijuana use by Canadian teens among the highest in the world.” Canadian Health Network.
    http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1075378657451&pagename=CHN- RCS%2FCHNResource%2FCHNResourcePageTemplate&c=CHNResource&lang=En