Dr. Ryan Vandrey: Part 14-Marijuana and Opioids
What Do I Need to Know about Marijuana?
Release Date: 10/15/2019
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_outlineRyan G. Vandrey, PhD, is associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His research focuses on the behavioral pharmacology of marijuana in adult research volunteers, clinical trials, web-based survey research, and patients using marijuana or cannabinoids for therapeutic purposes.
Key Points
- Correlation but not causality
- States with lower death rates may have implemented other programs
- Population studies don’t apply to individuals; need to look at individual patients
- Need to compare marijuana pain relief with standard pain relievers
Next Up? Dr. ElSohly on Can Marijuana Cure Brain Cancer?