“If you increase the prevalence of users, you are going to increase the prevalence of people who have adverse consequences,” said lead author Dr. Deborah Hasin.
Research shows that that both illicit cannabis use and cannabis use disorders increased significantly in those states that had passed medical marijuana laws...
Elinore McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D., a psychiatrist tapped to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Be straightforward in discussing the allure of drugs, says Dr. Nasir Naqvi. Explain that “drugs can make you feel good, but they can also damage you and have harmful effects on your body,”
"From my perspective, the data on antidepressant use during pregnancy in relation to autism risk would not prevent me from prescribing these medicines,” says Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele.
