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Podcast: High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode: 238. David King | Executive Director San Diego Imperial Valley HIDTA, California Marijuana Report
Description: HIDTA published its 2025 Marijuana's Impact on California Report.
In 2022, 43% of suicides among individuals 25 and under in San Diego County involved THC.
Emergency visits due to marijuana rose by 521% in California from 2008 to 2022.
Youth aged 12–17 accounted for nearly 38% of marijuana treatment admissions in 2023.
High-potency cannabis is increasingly linked to psychosis and cannabis use disorder.
Executive Director David King join High Truths to discuss HIDTA and the report.
David King was appointed Executive Director of the San Diego Imperial Valley HIDTA ni 2017 after 28 years of law enforcement se...