Cannabinology (MARIJUANA) Part 1 with Ziva Cooper and Caroline Melly

Oh hey, it's the lady at the diner, weeping into her hash browns, Sally Ward. Pack in as much info right now and let's spark some discussion about weed, the psychology, the botany, the chemistry, the neurology, the legality, and the methodology, i.e. do you hold it in your lungs until you choke? Why do edibles sometimes feel like you will be high until you become dead.

And are any of those tinctures at crystal shops worth it? I tracked down one of the world's best researchers on this. Ugh so excited. Studied biopsychology and anthropology, got a PhD in psychology, went on to do a postdoc in human behavioral pharmacology at Colombia. They're now a professor and the vice chair for research in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA.

They're the director of the UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids. I was so committed to interviewing this particular person that I waited three years until the scheduling worked out. Every week in our ology staff meeting, I would ask, have we heard back? When will my dreams come true?

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