Dr. Mahmoud ElSohly: Part 6-What Is Involved in Growing Research-Grade Marijuana
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
Release Date: 08/20/2019
Dr. Michael Kuhar: Marijuana Can Make Users Psychotic
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
Key Points Strong evidence marijuana causes psychosis The more marijuana you use, the greater the incidence of psychosis This dose-response relationship suggests causality.
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Dr. Marilyn Huestis: Part 25-Israel’s Experience & Advice for Researchers
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
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Dr. Compton: Part 24: More on Executive Function - What is the ABCD Study? 1
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
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Dr. Huestis: Part 23:Marijuana Edibles
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
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Dr. Vandrey: Part 22-On Marijuana Edibles, CBD & What is Synthesis?
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
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Dr. Marilyn Huestis: Part 21-How Marijuana Affects Kids
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
Marilyn A. Huestis, PhD, includes the following key Points:
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Dr. Mahmoud ElSohly: Part 20-Is Marijuana the Same as Epidiolex?
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
Mahmoud A. Elsohly, PhD, directs the Marijuana Project, which grows pharmaceutical-grade marijuana for research.
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Dr. Marilyn Huestis: Part 19-Marijuana Tolerance
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
Marilyn A. Huestis, PhD, recently retired as chief of chemistry and drug metabolism at the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse but remains highly active in the field.
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Dr. Wilson Compton: Part 18-Predicting Future Marijuana Problems
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
Wilson Compton, MD, is deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, an agency of the National Institutes of Health.
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Dr. Ryan Vandrey: Part 17-Can States Regulate Medical Marijuana like FDA Does?
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
Dr. Vandrey's key points include:
info_outlineMahmoud A. ElSohly, PhD, is a pharmacologist known for his work on marijuana. He is professor of pharmaceutics in the school of pharmacy at the University of Mississippi where he directs the Marijuana Project, which grows pharmaceutical-grade marijuana for research. He is an expert in the processing, testing, and detection of drugs of abuse.
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- Standard manufacturing conditions
- Sinsemilla and potency
- Rigorous scientific data missing
- Side-effects of marijuana
- Increase in potency parallels increase in ER admissions over time
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