張逸萍譯自﹕“Marijuana: Four Things You Should Know about Cannabis” By: Charles Hodges, February 14, 2024
(https://www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org/2024/02/14/marijuana-four-things-you-should-know-about-cannabis/ )
Charles is the Executive Director of Vision of Hope, which is a residential facility for women who struggle with eating disorders, self-harm, OCD, substance abuse, and other problems. He also practices medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana for Ascension St Vincent Health. He is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Liberty University, and Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary with degrees in medicine, counseling, and religion. He is board certified in Family Medicine and Geriatrics and is a licensed marital family therapist. Dr. Hodges teaches and counsels at the Faith Biblical Counseling Ministry and teaches on medical subjects in biblical counseling around the country and abroad. He and his wife, Helen, have been married 50 years and have 4 children and 13 grandchildren. In his free time, he enjoys golf and running.
[i] There is an excellent chapter in the Christian Counselors Medical Desk Reference that offers greater detail on this whole subject written by Daniel Dionne, MD: “Marijuana and CBD,” Chapter 19, (Greensboro: New Growth Press, 2023), 351. [ii] Emmet Power et al., Psychol Med. 2021 Jan; 51(2): 194-200, “Intelligence quotient decline following frequent or dependent cannabis use in youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.” [iii] National Institute on Drug Abuse, “Is Marijuana a Gateway Drug?” Retrieved electronically from the NIH website on 2/4/ 2024, https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-gateway-drug#:~:text=These%20findings%20are%20consistent%20with,is%20not%20unique%20to%20marijuana.