American Psychological Association Division 50

The Changing Landscape of Marijuana (Cannabis)

Date of Call:

Friday, November 11, 2016

Speaker:

Alan Budney, PhD

Download:

Budney-11112016-Marijuana.mp3

Presentation File:

Budney MJ 111116.pdf

Speaker Bio:

Alan Budney, Ph.D. is a Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He is Director of a NIDA-funded training program on the Science of Co-Occurring Disorders. Dr. Budney was a member of the DSM-5 Substance Use Disorders working group, is Past-President of both Division 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse) and Division 50 (Society on Addiction Psychology) of the American Psychological Association.

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