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Marijuana: Young Minds and Other Concerns

Neuroethics Viewpoint

Any ethical evaluation of marijuana policies should consider the latest scientific understanding of marijuana’s effects on cognitive abilities on adolescents and its potential downstream impacts on education, employment, job performance, and income.
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The Marijuana Debate

Neuroethics Viewpoint

There has been a huge increase in legalization and use of cannabis (marijuana) in recent years. Each step raises ethical issues for health care providers, patients, and government officials.
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Parsing the Contradictions: Marijuana and the Brain

Report from Neuroscience 2016

As many US states have legalized pot use without waiting for the science, researchers scrambling to catch up.
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The Science and Policy of Marijuana

A scientist who leads NIDA, a doctor, and a public-policy maker address the scientific research on the effects of cannabis on brain and behavior, the status and evidence of its medicinal value, and implications for policy making.

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Q&A with Sir Robin Murray, M.D.

Are different strains and synthetic cannabinoids especially dangerous? That's the subject of the January 2015 Cerebrum article, "Appraising the Risks of Reefer Madness.” We ask some questions of its author, Sir Robin Murray, MD.
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Appraising the Risks of Reefer Madness

Studies that have tied cannabis use to schizophrenia in the developing brain are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to marijuana. Our author, a noted British psychiatrist, offers a European perspective on issues such as the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids, dependence and cognitive impairment, and the implications of legalization.
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Marijuana: The Myths Are Hazardous to Your Health

As early as the 1930s, lawmakers began heeding fear about social harm instead of their own research reports on marijuana. An Oxford University psychopharmacologist, advisor to the British House of Lords on drug legislation, considers what science can tell us about medical and recreational use of the weed. Both legalizers and regulators may bristle at his controversial recommendations, but many scientists will cheer.

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