NIDA Notes: Researchers Speak—Dr. Madeline Meier on Marijuana and IQ


 

NIDA Notes: Researchers Speak—Dr. Madeline Meier on Marijuana and IQ – This installment of NIDA Notes: Researchers Speak features Dr. Madeline Meier of Duke University discussing the effects of marijuana use on IQ. Dr. Meier des…

 

More Than Black and White: An Interview with Critical Drug Policy Scholar

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What lessons are going to be learned from this? The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) only supports research that is not looking for benefits of cannabis. We are autonomous, so we are able to ask different questions, shift away from both industry …
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First pirates, now junkies? Russia to up charges against Greenpeace.

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The Kremlin's Investigative Committee, Russia's supreme police body, suggested in a statement Wednesday that in addition to facing piracy charges, which carry a maximum 15 year prison sentence, some activists may also be charged with drug offenses …
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NIH to Commit .3M for New Methods to Study Variants in Non-Protein

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Funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, these awards will support up to 15 projects in fiscal years 2015 and 2016, and will provide up to $ 500,000 per-year to each …
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Roadshow: Drug-involved fatalities jumped by 39 percent in California during

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A recent study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that 28 percent of high school seniors reported riding in a car over a two-week period with a driver who had used drugs or alcohol, or said they had driven after using drugs or alcohol …
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