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…

 

New Technology Empowers Doctors to Combat Prescription Drug Addiction

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In response to this training need, SIMmersion developed a partnership with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin—Madison. Together, the team created the Prescription Drug …
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Cannabis linked to social anxiety

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Buckner received a $ 235,000 research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and has published close to 70 papers concerning cannabis use and social anxiety. The NIDA recently published Buckner's research collected over a 10-year study.
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Experimental compound reverses Down syndrome-like learning deficits in mice

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Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the National Institutes of Health have identified a compound that dramatically bolsters learning and memory when given to mice with a Down syndrome-like condition on the day of birth. As they report in the issue … The …
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