Wood County Prevention Coalition
Uniting For A Drug-Free Community Since 2004
Ohio medical marijuana measure gets OK to collect signatures
By Jackie Borchardt, cleveland.com
on March 31, 2016 at 2:46 PM, updated April 01, 2016 at 10:44 AM
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Backers of a proposed medical marijuana legalization got the green light Thursday to begin collecting signatures to put the measure on the November ballot.
The Ohio Ballot Board on Thursday certified Ohioans for Medical Marijuana's proposed measure as one amendment. Now, supporters must collect 305,591 signatures of registered Ohio voters by July 6.
The amendment, backed by national group Marijuana Policy Project, would allow adults to grow, buy and use marijuana if a physician recommends the drug for a qualifying medical condition such as cancer, seizure disorders or post-traumatic stress disorder. Minors could use marijuana with written permission of a parent or guardian.
The first 15 commercial growing licenses would be for large-scale growers who pay a $500,000 application fee, but an unlimited number of licenses would be available for small- and medium-scale growers.
Ohio Sen. Bill Coley, a Southwest Ohio Republican, said that provision would constitute a monopoly and likely run afoul of last year's Issue 2.
"I thought the voters kinda decided before in the last election that when something's a monopoly we have to flag it for a monopoly," Coley said.
Chris Finney, an attorney representing the initiative, said the board will have time in the future to weigh in on that aspect and that the board's job Thursday was only to decide whether the measure constitutes one amendment. To read the remainder of the article, click here: http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/03/medical_marijuana_measure_gets.html
Smoking Too Much Marijuana Brings You Down: Study
MAR 23 2016, 2:29 PM ET by MAGGIE FOX, NBC News
People who smoke cannabis heavily in their youth end up worse off than their parents both economically and socially, a new study finds.
The study doesn't prove cause and effect, but it does suggest that people who do use marijuana on most days end up worse off than people who don't — and it suggests that it's not their family situation that's causing their decline.
"Our study found that regular cannabis users experienced downward social mobility and more financial problems such as troubles with debt and cash flow than those who did not report such persistent use," said Magdalena Cerdá at the University of California, Davis Health System, who led the study team.
"Regular long-term users also had more antisocial behaviors at work, such as stealing money or lying to get a job, and experienced more relationship problems, such as intimate partner violence and controlling abuse."
The team studied people from Dunedin, New Zealand, who have been volunteering in a lifelong study since they were born in 1972 and 1973. More than 950 of the original 1,037 volunteers filled out questionnaires on marijuana use.
Eighteen percent, or 173 of the people, were designated marijuana dependent at one point of the study at least and 15 percent were regular cannabis users.
By the time they were 38, the volunteers who had been diagnosed as dependent on marijuana at any previous time ended up lower on the socioeconomic scale than their parents, the team reported in the journal Clinical Psychological Science.
The remaining portoin of the article can be found here:
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/smoking-too-much-marijuana-brings-you-down-study-n544376
Moderate Alcohol Consumption May Not Offer Any Health Benefits After All; Claims May Be Based On 'Flawed' Science
Drinking a couple of glasses of wine at the end of the day is an indulgence you can feel good about — at least that’s what science says. Countless studies have linked moderate drinking to a variety of health benefits, including a reduced risk of heart failure and a longer life. Some researchers have even claimed that drinking moderately is healthier than not drinking at all. But what if these studies are wrong? A new research analysis published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs found that the scientific evidence backing these claims are “shaky at best.”
“There’s a general idea out there that alcohol is good for us, because that’s what you hear reported all the time,” said Dr. Tim Stockwell, lead author of the analysis, in a statement.”But there are many reasons to be skeptical.”
If there are people who have seen health benefits while moderately drinking, alcohol may not be responsible for this improved wellbeing, the study suggests.
Does Moderate Drinking Lower Death Risk?
According to the new analysis, many of the 87 studies Stockwell's team reviewed tying moderate drinking to a healthier life were flawed, “with designs suggesting benefits where there were likely none,” they wrote. These inaccuracies stem from how studies defined “abstainers,” or people who don’t consume alcohol. Read the remainder here:
Wood County Prevention Coalition Meeting
Friday, May 13, 2016, 08:30 AM
Wood County Educational Service Center 1867 N Research Drive, Bowling Green, OH, United States
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Our Vision: Helping youth be drug-free, productive and responsible citizens.
Our Mission: We are a coalition of compassionate community members working together to coordinate high quality programs for the prevention of youth substance abuse in Wood County.
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