Dr. Marilyn Huestis: Part 7-More on Executive Function
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
Release Date: 08/27/2019
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.
info_outline Dr. Marilyn Huestis: Part 25-Israel’s Experience & Advice for ResearchersWhat Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
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info_outline Dr. Marilyn Huestis: Part 21-How Marijuana Affects KidsWhat Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
Marilyn A. Huestis, PhD, includes the following key Points:
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Mahmoud A. Elsohly, PhD, directs the Marijuana Project, which grows pharmaceutical-grade marijuana for research.
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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.
info_outline Dr. Wilson Compton: Part 18-Predicting Future Marijuana ProblemsWhat 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.
info_outline 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_outlineMarilyn 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. She is a senior fellow at the Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pa.; consultant to the US Department of Transportation; and serves on the Science Advisory Boards of Smart Approaches to Marijuana and National Families in Action. She is known for her research on how marijuana use affects driving and how exposure to parents’ marijuana use affects the developing fetus, breast-feeding newborns, and young children, as well as the new psychoactive substances.
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- Consequences of impact on executive function
- Divided attention
- Effects on respiratory and cardiovascular systems
- Chronic use changes brain structure
- Why worry about heavy metals found in some marijuana?
Next Up: Dr. Compton on If Marijuana is Medicine, How Can It Hurt Me?