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"I guess, by that reply, you are stating your unwillingness to refer to any actual peer-reviewed medical evidence."

She won't give you any evidence. Her whole article is paraphrased like an eighth grader's research paper. She doesn't actually know anything nor is she willing to do any independent research. If someone like the Hazelden Foundation prints it, she'll regurgitate it without checking the claims. Did you notice how she claimed that the average marijuana on the street in America today is 15% THC? When I pointed out that according to the government's numbers the average on the street is somewhere around 5% and gave her government sources to verify what I was saying she just made snide comments and cut and ran.

Don't expect her to make an honest effort to back up any of her claims. She won't do the research and she wouldn't admit she was wrong about anything even if she knew she was wrong. It's a waste of time to argue with someone like this.

First of all you should do a little more research yourself because I am a he and not a she. I am a die hard Republican and Conservative that is for personal accountability for ones actions including the repercussions that marijuana use has on family and society as a whole.

It isn't easy being a Republican and a mental health worker to begin with. It is almost an oxymoron.

I have been an 18 year veteran as a psychiatric counselor that works on a 20 bed psychiatric unit.

My article I wrote for my hospital newsletter and not "High Times Magazine" I pointed out my experiences, my concerns and the reaction from my patients based on the material available to me.
There is no hidden agenda here as much as my opponents want there to be.

I am not a Scientist, I am not a Psychiatrist or am I a full time researcher on the topic. I was inspired to write this article because of the people I work with that are trying to rebuild their lives. With that 18 years I have in the field of psychiatry I have realized that I shouldn't base my opinions on what I have learned from a book because you cant fit a person into a bookshelf.

I understand that no matter what material I find about side effects and symptoms that some advocate for the use of marijuana can always find material to contradict the research in my article trying to perceive me as an 8th grader. "Thats Life" The truth is the best experience I get is from my clients.