Dr. Scratchley

Today, I was lucky enough to attend a workshop on Prescription Drug Abuse in Adolescents, by Dr.  David Scratchley.  He's a world renowned clinical Psychologist and neuro-something-or-other (he studies brains and the effects of different drugs on the brain).  This is the guy Dr. Phil calls for info!  Although all of his topics were really good (and relevant) he was great about focusing on what the group wanted to learn about.  He's so knowledgeable about what is going on in the world with children/adolescents and drugs, that the workshop is more of an "a la carte".....you just pick what you want.   One of the main issues we struggle with in the schools is Marijuana.  This just happened to be one of Scratchley's immediate topics of study.  Within a week or two, he should have an editorial coming out in the Seattle Times.  To him (and I agree), the use of marijuana is becoming extremely dangerous to the development of our youth.  Before, there weren't many studies completed on the effects of using the drug;  recently, the statistics have been coming in and they're not good.  If you get on YouTube and look up "david scratchley marijuana", you'll get some really good information.  If you ever have the chance to go see him speak, do it!  He's awesome!