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Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Alternative medicine Neuropsychopharmacology

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Acute Marijuana Effects on Human Risk Taking

Scott D. Lane, Don R. Cherek, Oleg V Tcheremissine, Lori M. Lieving, Cythia J Pietras
Neuropsychopharmacology Summary & key facts 2005 172 citations

Researchers gave 10 adults placebo cigarettes and three active marijuana cigarettes (including a 3.58% Delta9-THC dose) in a repeated-measures lab test. Using a task that forced a choice between a risky and a nonrisky option, the highest THC dose made people choose the risky option more often. The same high…

Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
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