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Speaking before the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project criticized NIDA for refusing to provide researcher Donald Abrams with marijuana for his studies, stating that "after nine months of delay, Leshner rejected Abrams' request for marijuana, on what we believe are political grounds that the FDA ...
In 1988, Huestis started at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) as a research fellow while completing her Ph.D. in toxicology in 1992 from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] Her doctoral research focused on cannabis . [ 2 ]
Cannabis research has been hindered by the monopoly held by the National Institute on Drug Abuse that existed prior to 2021. [78] The cannabis supplied by NIDA has been criticized by researchers for a variety of reasons, including high amounts of stems and seeds, [ 79 ] high mold and yeast levels, [ 80 ] low THC content, [ 27 ] and low ...
But even HHS’ National Institute on Drug Abuse has come out with statements in apparent conflict with HHS’ recommendation to reclassify pot, saying the potency of marijuana has been steadily ...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse, however, continued to publish literature denying this finding. For instance, NIDA claims the following in its youth publication The Science Behind Drug Abuse: [50] A chemical in marijuana, THC, triggers brain cells to release the chemical dopamine. Dopamine creates good feelings — for a short time.
Israel Anti-Drug Authority; Main Directorate for Drugs Control; National Institute on Drug Abuse; National Marijuana Initiative; Office of National Drug Control Policy [1] Oficina Nacional Antidrogas; Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control [13] Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission; Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
The majority of these laws sought to provide cannabis through federally-approved research programs administered by the states, using cannabis supplied by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Only seven states ended up implementing the programs, however, [103] due to the large bureaucratic and regulatory obstacles involved. [98]
In February 2005, a research company hired by the office and the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that the government's ad campaign aimed at dissuading teens from using marijuana, a campaign that cost $1.4 billion between 1998 and 2006, did not work: "greater exposure to the campaign was associated with weaker anti-drug norms and ...