J. Wesley Boyd M.D., Ph.D.

In this new and uncertain time in American history, we physicians feel a special responsibility to reaffirm basic principles of health and human rights

It's Time to Legalize Marijuana: A Public Health Perspective

Whether it's legal or not, kids are going to use cannabis. Do we really want them to see the police as the enemy and throw them in jail?

Whether it's legal or not, kids are going to use cannabis. Do we really want them to see the police as the enemy and throw them in jail?

Despite APA members voting to get psychologists out of Guantanamo in 2008, the APA stalled, delayed, and even denied that it could do so. Today, the bobbing and weaving continues.

The New Cointel-pro? Although well intended, countering violent extremism programs violate basic rights and threaten to disrupt communities and turn care providers into spies

Four million U.S. children and adolescents suffer from a serious mental disorder, and health insurers make it difficult for them to get the psychiatric care they need.

How Psychologists and the APA Colluded in Torture

The APA colluded with the Dept of Defense and CIA to support enhanced interrogations against every international code.

The APA colluded with the Dept of Defense and CIA to support enhanced interrogations against every international code.

Will Legalizing Marijuana Increase its Use? Probably Not

The writing is on the wall that cannabis will increasingly be legalized in various ways and that access will become easier and easier. In the face of this reality, two big questions arise: will cannabis usage skyrocket? Will addiction rates go through the roof?
The answer to both is probably not.

The writing is on the wall that cannabis will increasingly be legalized in various ways and that access will become easier and easier. In the face of this reality, two big questions arise: will cannabis usage skyrocket? Will addiction rates go through the roof?
The answer to both is probably not.

Getting psychiatric care is a lot harder than it should be. Patients around the country are having a hard time booking appointments for outpatient care, and both patients and their caregivers face significant hurdles when it comes to receiving inpatient psychiatric care.

US psychologists designed and oversaw the unethical, brutal interrogations used on detainees in military custody during the war on terror with approval from the American Psychological Association. Psychology graduate students appear to receive little instruction about these matters and thus seem vulnerable to violating international law again in the future.

Is Marijuana Addictive? Part 2

Marijuana is absolutely addictive for some vulnerable individuals.

Marijuana is absolutely addictive for some vulnerable individuals.