Drug Abuse: Marijuana Use Before Age 18 Is Linked to Drop in IQ – STLtoday.com

Marijuana use before age 18 is linked to drop in IQ – STLtoday.com
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Marijuana use before age 18 is linked to drop in IQ
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"I think this is the cleanest study I've ever read" that looks for long-term harm from marijuana use, said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which helped fund the research. Ken Winters, a psychiatry professor at the
Pot-smoking teens may become slower-thinking adults, study findsThe Salem News
Does Weekly Marijuana Use By Teens Really Cause a Drop in IQ?TIME

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GWSMHS professor to study correlation between genetics and susceptibility to … – News-Medical.net
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GWSMHS professor to study correlation between genetics and susceptibility to
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Norman H. Lee, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), received a total of $ 405,001 in grant funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to continue to study the

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Guidebooks available to parents – nwitimes.com
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Guidebooks available to parents
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VALPARAISO | The Porter County Substance Abuse Council is ready to help parents be prepared for a safe and fun school year. It has distributed over 2,000 Parent Guidebooks to Porter County schools for all new registrants this fall. Parents are urged to

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Evansville gets 5000, five-year grant to fight youth substance use – Wisconsin State Journal
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Evansville gets $ 625000, five-year grant to fight youth substance use
Wisconsin State Journal
Efforts to combat substance abuse among young people in Evansville got a big boost Wednesday: a $ 625,000, five-year grant from the federal government. The grant, through the Drug-Free Communities Support Program, was made to Building A Safer

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