Short clips from the Town Hall Cannabis Forum 1.29.20 Burlington

​Scott Gagnon MPP, PSC 
​Director, public health representative on Maine’s Marijuana Advisory Commission &  SAMHSA ‘s Substance (Ab)use Prevention National Advisory Council

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2:29  Commercialization has
​failed in every state

2:54 Elected Officials Are Not
​Experts

2:22 Quality of Life Decreases
​with Marijuana
​Commercialization

3:19: 9 out of 10 Addictions
Start in Youth

6:12 Commercialization has
Led to More Youth Using MJ

Dr. Karen Randall -Pueblo, CO Pediatric and ER 11.21.19 ​

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Drug Use Changes ​we see in the Community  - 0:59 ​

School Report 38% chronic absenteeism and how marijuana is disguised  -2:36  ​

Vaping – 3:46

Psychosis - 3:15  ​

Medical Concerns we see in the ER –3:26

Cartels Come because it is easier to hide  – 4:18

 Hyperemesis screaming and vomitting – 2:57

David Rettew MD Director, Pediatric Psychiatry at UVM Larner College of Medicine.

6:40 The Public Health Impact of
​Commercialization

1:46 Vermont's Youth Are Using More
​Marijuana Since Legalization

Anne Hassel - Physical Therapist - Budtender from MA   ​

1:06 High potency THC experience

1:46 Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD), Paranoia

6:37 Former Budtender Explains the Dangerous
​ Practices in licensed retail shop

Town Hall Marijuana Forum 1.29.20 Burlington
Moderator - Ed Baker ACSW, LADC 
Host/Producer Vermont’s “Addiction Recovery Channel” 30+years’ counseling 
​Substance Use Disorders

The full version

Colorado Doctors

Dr. Brad Roberts
​1:00 ​Promised revenues are not delivered

Drug Free America Foundation  - 2:47

Ron Copolla
Vermont father's
​letter to Gov. Scott - 4:17

A propot panel in VT was asked – What will you do if in 5 years, our communities are suffering?

​Libby Stuyt MD Psychiatrist and Medical Director of the Circle         Program, Pueblo,               CO, Author: “The Problem     with the Current High             Potency THC Marijuana     from the Perspective of an Addiction Psychiatrist”

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7:17   Educates
​Vermonters
On Commercial
Marijuana

3:14 Does Cannabis
Increase Depression
​ and Suicide

1:17 -Not Social Justice,
Increases Youth Use,
​Crime, and Car crashes

3:19 -Commercialization
Breeds a Bigger Black
Market. Colorado
Father Was Dabbing,
​ Kills Son

Dr. Ken Finn 
Pregnancy - 11:59
Adolescent Use - 16:43
Opioid Epidemic -14:17
Public Health & Crime 21:13
Environment: Taxes, Profits & Loss, Cost to Vermonters 13:46
Ken Finn interviewed by Judge Ben Joseph 7:34

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