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With the recent legalization for marijuana in states like Colorado and Washington, teens are beginning to change the way they feel about smoking weed. Studies conducted in the last two years are starting to show that teens consider marijuana a … Continue reading →

You are welcome to join in the conversation at our SJIPC Board of Trustees Meeting today. Please RSVP at 378-9683 . A light lunch is provided at 11:30am and the meeting starts at 12noon. We are grateful for the use … Continue reading →

Thank you Julie Hagn for choreography and leadership in guiding our Flash Mob to the song HAPPY by Pharell Williams at our San Juan Island Prevention Coalition Fair Booth at the San Juan County Fair 2014. Here’s a sneak peek … Continue reading →

The number of people killed in distraction-affected crashes decreased slightly from 3,360 in 2011 to 3,328 in 2012. An estimated 421,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver, this was a nine percent increase from the … Continue reading →

Comment: $2.3 million in pot advertising will hit the airways in Oregon in the next 2 months – selling the idea to kids and young adults that pot is a “pretty benign drug” that should be legalized for recreational use. … Continue reading →

It’s here! The San Juan County Fair runs August 13-16, 2014 Join us daily at our San Juan Island Prevention Coalition Booth for a variety of free and fun activities. One of our favorite activities is the Healthy Message T-Shirt … Continue reading →

Tonight O’Reilly featured the investigative reporting of Tina Griego of the Washington Post. The story was about the flourishing black market for marijuana in Colorado. Monte Stiles Inside Colorado’s flourishing, segregated black market for pot By Tina Griego July 30 Follow … Continue reading →

Prosecutor: Foster dad in hot car death was high  22 hr ago By Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas foster father was high on marijuana when he left a 10-month-old girl in a hot car, where she died, prosecutors said … Continue reading →

Everyone, the website www.poppot.org (Parents Opposed to Pot) is an excellent resource. Here is one of their recent articles. Monte Stiles Risks for Youth and Medical Marijuana It’s hard to protect the kids when the names of medical marijuana dispensaries are so … Continue reading →

his important information was widely reported this week in various places. Here is an abstract of the original article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Monte Stiles Decreased dopamine brain reactivity in marijuana abusers is associated with … Continue reading →