Similar rules apply to these drugs - they are self-administered in salient non-drug vehicles. 'Ganjapreneurs' are selling THC in edibles, drinks, and other falvored vehicles. Beer-snobbery is second only to wine-snobbery in the pantheon of alcohol-related douchebaggery.
We're not drinking for the alcohol, we're not smoking 'just' for the effect of THC. There's a whole bunch of other stimuli that increase or decrease the sensory experience of self-administration of these drugs. These sensory experiences may go a long way to determining the mood-altering effects of the active ingredient (alcohol or THC). This part of our program is in it's infancy, so we don't have any pubs ready to link yet.
Current members of our research team, including collaborators, graduate and undergraduate students as well as former students who have gone on to bigger and better things.
Some of the recent studies we have published on the psychopharmacology of substance dependence.
Are you interested in addictions or behavioral neuroscience? We are usually accepting motivated and hard working students who want to participate in laboratory research.
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