We’re facing a national tragedy of mental health misdiagnoses because American psychiatry is failing to treat root causes. Too often young people with mental health symptoms are lumped into categories and given potent anti-depressants, benzodiazapines and/or neuroleptics, while the doctors or mental health treatment centers ignore symptoms of marijuana addiction and fail to treat the addiction. In … Continue reading Mental Health Care Fails at Addiction Treatment→
At least five hash oil explosions have erupted in California over the past month while residents were using butane to extract “honey” oil from marijuana. The worst fire occurred in Walnut Creek on Halloween, when a 4-unit apartment building went up in flames. The entire street was affected, and a total of 12 apartment units … Continue reading Hash Oil Explosions Continue in California→
Fires and explosions from butane hash oil (BHO) production sent 17 people to a Portland burn unit in a 16-month span, according the Oregonian in a series of reports in May. The BHO-explosions caused numerous injuries, extensive property damage and at least one death in Oregon. A few of those in the burn unit had … Continue reading Stop BHO Blow-ups and Fires→
Another consequence of changing a public policy to benefit the 6- 7% of adults who use marijuana is the slew of hash oil explosions which have occurred this year. Making BHO, butane hash oil is a relatively easy, but dangerous, process. Did anyone figure ambulances, fire fighters and emergency medical care into the cost of … Continue reading Hash Oil Explosions Rise with Legal Pot→
