What Everyone Needs to Know About Marijuana

Please click on the following links to learn about what everyone needs to know about marijuana:

Various recent publications and research reports on marijuana from the National Institute on Drug Abuse:
http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/finder/t/135-162/marijuana-research-reports

Dr. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, states there is objective evidence to show marijuana is harmful to the adolescent brain:
http://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/directors-page/messages-director/2012/09/marijuanas-lasting-effects-brain

Let’s Be Clear Georgia: A Collaborative to Prevent Marijuana Abuse Fact Sheet

The Georgia Marijuana Abuse Prevention Initiative Fact Sheet

The Marijuana Mantra - a brochure to prevent Marijuana use featuring three talking points that almost anyone would find it hard to disagree with.

"Marijuana Facts and Myths", a power point by Dr. Susan Blank, President of the Georgia Society of Addiction Medicine, shown at the 2014 Georgia School

Article in CADCA’s July, 2014 e-newsletter:

Coalitions in Action: Georgia Launches New Initiative to Help Citizens Learn the Science on Marijuana Use

A toolkit for parents:

http://www.cadca.org/content/marijuana-prevention-toolkit-parent

Facts for teens:

http://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/marijuana

Facts for everyone:

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana

Is Marijuana Medicine?

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana-medicine

The latest news and information for professionals and volunteers:

http://www.themarijuanareport.org/

Information about Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana):

http://learnaboutsam.com/

Information about marijuana from the Drug Free America Foundation:

http://dfaf.org/

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