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April 20th (AKA 4/20) is the unofficial stoners’ holiday. As it happens, this day turned out to fall on the same day that the South Bay chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness https://www.nami.org/find-your-local-nami/california/nami-south-bay-los-angeles-county/was having its monthly meeting. I was very excited to be invited to speak. The presentation was about writers writing about mental…

As other advocates have stated: the tide is turning. Other states are hearing about the troubles in legalized states. In the two weeks prior to the election, Every Brain Matters made a series of short videos with me that we posted on X/Twitter. We reached some people and shared some important education about legalization: Youth…

I have wanted to speak for the annual NAMI California conference for a couple of years. My good friends, Bart and Hazel Bright encouraged me to put together a proposal. They gave very helpful suggestions and I had enough good sense to listen to them. The presentation is called Educating About Substance-Induced Psychosis with Storytelling…

I was treated to a fundraiser dinner for the http://www.learnaboutsam.org. After chatting with some friends, I turned around and there was former Congressman Patrick Kennedy. He said, “Hi. I’m Patrick” and put out his hand. This was a very exciting moment for me. Of course, I was hoping to meet this champion for addiction and mental health…

This is me with Carolyn Petty, former Councilmember and Mayor of Hermosa Beach. The two of us worked very closely for over a year. We were an unbeatable team: I knew all the data about the harms of THC (to humans and to a community) and she knew how to run a campaign. The photo…

Washington State Representative Lauren Davis is a champion fighting for regulations on today’s high-potency THC products.  Recently, Representative Davis introduced two bills. The bills were recommendations, found in this report from scientists and researchers from Addictions, Drug and Alcohol Institute, the University of Washington and Washington State University. I was invited to participate in a…