S3.E09. Youth Studies. Vaccine for Opioid Addiction? How Pot Got Legal. Medical Cannabinoids.

CDC Youth Studies of Marijuana Use
Dr. Sheila P. Vakharia is Deputy Director of the Department of
Research and Academic Engagement for the Drug Policy Alliance. The
Alliance is the national drug policy reform organization. She
reports that the Center for Disease Control conducts national
annual surveys in all 50 states and DC on high school students in
9th to 12th grades. Every year they collect data on mental health
indicators and a variety of other issues. Their most recent report
released data on the past ten years. Studies show that legalization
of in many areas was not followed by increased use of marijuana by
young people. This counters concerns that legalization would
encourage use by the young.

Vaccine Against Opioid Addiction?
Dr. Kosten is doing amazing research on creating a vaccine for
people who suffer from opioid addiction.  They are creating a
vaccine against fentanyl by using the body's immune system to
develop antibodies against fentanyl.  This allows the body to
fend off future use of the drug sequestering it in the blood so
that it doesn't reach the brain where is has all of its
physiological and psychological effects.  This breakthrough
research may offer a unique approach and unprecedented
relief.
UH.edu/class/psychology/about/people/therese-kosten/

How Pot Got Legal
Wayne Justmann, sometimes called "the Godfather of Legal Weed," he
will forever be known as Patient #1 in the California medical
marijuana program.  This pioneer in the cannabis legalization
movement tell us that "All use of cannabis is medical."  Wayne
worked on the words of Proposition 215 in the years leading up to
legalization in 1996. Hear the story of this pioneer trek
toward legalization and the obstacles they faced.

Medical Cannabinoids
Norbert Kaminski is a Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at
Michigan State University where he also serves as the Director of
the Institute for Integrative Toxicology and the Interim Director
of the Center for Research on Ingredient Safety.  He tells us
about work on how inflammation occurs in the human body.  His
work is focused on using cannabinoids to try and temper that
inflammatory response when its inappropriate.  Learn how
marijuana once again leads the way to finding remedies for our
ills.

Find more at:
https://w420radionetwork.com/s3-e09-marijuana-youth-studies-vaccine-for-opioid-addiction-how-pot-got-legal-medical-cannabinoids/