Testimony - SB0708
SB0708
Oppose
George F. Spicka
Baltimore, MD 21219
“I have a 15, a 13, and a 9-year old, and I absolutely as a physician, as a dad, as the Surgeon General of the United States, wouldn’t want them exposed to these products (marijuana), and wouldn’t want them to falsely believe they’re safe.”
- Dr. Jerome Adams, U.S. Surgeon General
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Oppose
George F. Spicka
Baltimore, MD 21219
“I have a 15, a 13, and a 9-year old, and I absolutely as a physician, as a dad, as the Surgeon General of the United States, wouldn’t want them exposed to these products (marijuana), and wouldn’t want them to falsely believe they’re safe.”
- Dr. Jerome Adams, U.S. Surgeon General
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Marijuana Testimony - Content
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Content - 1
Why I Am Here - 3
First Two Reasons Regarding How I Survived - 4
Beginning Therapy - 6
Two More Reasons Why I survived - 7
At Last, An End To Despair - 8
Content - 1
Why I Am Here - 3
First Two Reasons Regarding How I Survived - 4
Beginning Therapy - 6
Two More Reasons Why I survived - 7
At Last, An End To Despair - 8
How I Began To Learn What Had Happened To Me - 8
National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine
National Institute on Drug Abuse
- THC Then and Now -
National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine
National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Mental Health Disorders / National Library of Medicine
- Mental Health Disorders / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mental Health Disorders / American Journal of Psychiatry
- Mental Health Disorders / NBC News: National Institute on Drug Abuse, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry /
- Mental Health Disorders / National Institute on Drug Abuse: Marijuana Research Report
- Mental Health Disorders / Dr. Steven Simerville, St. Mary-Corwin Hospital, Pueblo CO / Physicians Code Red
I Was Not Alone - 14
- Johnny’s Ambassadors
- Moms Strong
- Parents Opposed To Pot
The Maryland Connection / Part 1 - 15
- 1987 Amtrak Disaster, Chase MD
- “Maryland Children Get Sick”
- Mother Charged in Maryland Crash That Killed 5 Children, 1 Man
- Mental Health Association of Maryland
More Hospitalized Kids - 19
- A 9-Year-Old Accidentally Shared Her Grandpa’s Marijuana Gummies With Her Fifth-Grade Class
- At least two children are hospitalized after eating THC candy
- Death Following Ingestion of an Edible Marijuana Product (CDC)
- Children's Hospital Colorado - Acute Marijuana Intoxication
Established Causal Links - 21
- Neonate Death Due to Marijuana Toxicity to the Liver and Adrenals
- A geospatiotemporal and causal inference epidemiological exploration of substance and cannabinoid exposure as drivers of rising US pediatric cancer rate
Behind the Wheel - 22
- 'Miracle kid’ has face rebuilt
- 3 killed, including 2 kids, in 5 vehicle crash
- Fatal Crashes Involving Drivers Who Test Positive for Marijuana Increase After State Legalizes Drug (AAA)
- First States to Legalize Marijuana See Rise in Car Insurance Claims, Research Shows
- Report finds increase in car insurance rate; Marijuana, distracted driving blamed
- Today Show: Driving while high on marijuana causing spike in fatal accidents
- Driver of truck that hit church bus killing 13 was high on marijuana
- 9-year old girl killed by Inattentive Driver Possessing Marijuana
The Maryland Connection / Part 2 - Violence, Drugs, Gangs - 25
- Montgomery homicide victim was ambushed by MS-13
- Undocumented immigrant, deported twice before, caught raping woman
- Police say Towson killing is linked to MS-13
- Group of MS-13 members beat Md. man with bat in woods for refusing to join gang
- MS-13 members in Maryland stab man more than 100 times and decapitate him
- 3 teens charged in MS-13 killing of 14-year-old girl used machete, baseball bat
More Evidence of Violence - 27
- A Review of Cases of Marijuana and Violence (NIH - 2020)
- Violence and Cannabis Use: A Focused Review of a Forgotten Aspect in the Era of Liberalizing Cannabis (NIH - 2020)
- Marijuana: Tucson Massacre Suspect Jared Loughner Was 'Habitual' Pot User
- New Details Emerge About … the 29-year-old man who authorities say killed 49 people and injured 53 more at a gay nightclub in Orlando
- Denver Man Who Said Marijuana Made Him Kill His Wife Gets 30 Years
- Father charged with capital murder after stabbing toddler in Lewisville
- Paranoid factory worker stabbed parents to death in frenzied attack during psychotic episode after smoking cannabis for years
- Queens man sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for 2016 fatal stabbing of his poet roommate
- Police: Accused killer told cops that bong hits led to violent episode
- Niles Township man found guilty of killing wife
- Japanese man Satoshi Uematsu sentenced to death for killing 19 people at disabled care home
- Salman Abedi: How Manchester attacker turned from cannabis-smoking dropout to Isis suicide bomber
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams - 30
- U.S. Surgeon General sounds the alarm for pregnant women and adolescents
- U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and the Developing Brain
My Personal Experience with the Marijuana Lobby - 31
- The NORML Truth Report, “Your Government Is Lying To You (Again)
About Marijuana”
- Recent Medical Marijuana Research (Fallacies)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
PTSD
Hepatitis C
Hypertension
Multiple Sclerosis
New England Journal of Medicine
- NORML
- The NORML Truth Report, “Your Government Is Lying To You (Again)
About Marijuana”
- Recent Medical Marijuana Research (Fallacies)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
PTSD
Hepatitis C
Hypertension
Multiple Sclerosis
New England Journal of Medicine
- Marijuana Policy Project
A Sampling of Marijuana Victims - 38