by Christine Tatum | Jul 15, 2017 | Opiate, Public Policy
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports that there is insufficient evidence to support claims that marijuana use will reduce opioid use and overdose deaths. The federal agency wrote: Some preliminary studies have suggested that medical marijuana...
by Christine Tatum | May 28, 2015 | Marijuana, Public Policy, Research, Uncategorized
Smart Approaches to Marijuana, or SAM, today released a new report, “Researching Marijuana’s Potential Responsibly: A Six-Point Plan” and called for a series of recommendations aimed at overhauling how marijuana is researched in the United States....
by Christine Tatum | Mar 24, 2015 | Research, Uncategorized
Marijuana-legalization advocates frequently claim the National Institute on Drug Abuse has a monopoly on marijuana research and is biased in the projects it decides to fund. To support the claim, this quote, which first appeared in the New York Times in 2010, is often...
by Christine Tatum | Nov 6, 2014 | Marijuana, Public Policy, Uncategorized
Tuesday was a mixed bag for marijuana — and today showed approval of the drug’s legalization has plummeted 12 percent in the last year. Earlier this week, voters in Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia approved recreational use of the drug, while...
by Christine Tatum | Feb 11, 2014 | Marijuana, Public Policy
There is no debate: marijuana is addictive and harmful to brain development, and current trends showing increased use among adolescents are profoundly troubling, Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, told thousands of people gathered last...