COMMENTARIES
IBH publishes commentaries that analyze problems of drug use and propose solutions for them.
Linked National Crises: Overdose in the Time of COVID-19 (July 23, 2020)
Reducing Future Rates of Adult Addiction Must Begin with Youth Prevention (updated 2019)
For a Healthy Brain Teens Make "One Choice" (October 23, 2017)
Going Beyond the Surgeon General’s Report: Redefining the Goals of Prevention, Treatment and Recovery (January 30, 2017)
Implement Effective DUID Laws to Improve Highway Safety (October 12, 2016)
Getting Serious about Substance Abuse Treatment Requires Adopting the Five-Year Recovery Standard (May 26, 2016)
A Four-Point Plan to Turn Back the Deadly Epidemic (March 3, 2016)
With Marijuana Legalization, There is More Marijuana Use and More Addiction While the Illegal Market Continues to Thrive (December 21, 2015)
It's Time to Re-Think Prevention: Increasing Percentages of Adolescents Understand They Should Not Use Any Addicting Substances (July 1, 2015)
Colorado Supreme Court Provides a Moment of Sanity on Marijuana (June 30, 2015)
Drug Addicts and Their Families are Showing the Way to a Better National Drug Policy (April 28, 2015)
While the US Zigs on Pot, the Netherlands Zags (March 19, 2015)
“Vaping” – The Transformation of Marijuana (December 18, 2014)
Addressing the Results of Marijuana Ballot Initiatives in the November 2014 US Elections (November 7, 2014) - Extended Commentary
Random Drug Testing Protects Patients and Medical Personnel (August 4, 2014)
The Changing State of Drug Policy (July 23, 2014)
A Definitive Summary of the Adverse Effects of Marijuana Use: Implications for Public Policy (June 11, 2014)
Marijuana Use is a Serious Highway Safety Threat: 5 ng/ml Marijuana Impairment Limits Give Drivers a Free Pass to Drive Stoned (June 10, 2013)
“Psychedelic Medicine” – The Next Frontier in Drug Legalization (May 17, 2013)
Washington’s Double Failure: Failure of Department of Justice to Enforce Federal Law, Failure of Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold DOJ Accountable (March 25, 2013)
Lessons from a Tragedy – Mexican Drug Violence Claims an Unbowed Martyr. Joint Commentary with Per Johansson and Carmen Fernández Cáceres (January 21, 2013)