Katz has been a game changer for me and my lab, so happy to see it reissued!

1/5 New paper on medicinal cannabis: We followed adults with clinically significant anxiety & depression who were new to medicinal cannabis using 8 weeks of EMA and 6 months of longitudinal follow up and saw significant and clinically meaningful benefits.
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Excited to join the team over at UMB this December!

The 2025 GRC on Cannabinoid Function in the CNS: Cannabinoid Neurobiology: Bridging Basic Science, Big Data, Biomarkers and Bedside Applications Across the Lifespan final program is here! Spots are going fast! Register soon for trainee talks! Reshare please! grc.org/cannabinoid-...

We made a mock #cannabis dispensary for @iasatusc.bsky.social to use for research. Check out a detailed description of how we did it, including interviews w/ dispensary staff and our plan for stocking with product packaging. @uscpsychiatry.bsky.social
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Our second parallel session features this first symposium explores the various effects of manipulating the dopamine transporter system and highlights the therapeutic potential of these manipulations chaired by @mercecorrea.bsky.social. #EBPS2025

Finally, our third symposium in this parallel session, chaired by @juststrickland.bsky.social , explores cognitive and computational approaches to behaviour in substance use and related conditions. #EBPS2025

We want to follow #CPA2025 attendees. Will we be seeing you in PVD this week? Like this post and we’ll be sure to follow.

The Charleston Alcohol Research Center has an opening for a #postdoctoral fellowship on the #NIAAA T32 training grant - please spread the word and contact me if interested in working in beautiful Charleston, SC @drjrink.bsky.social

Importantly, Ethan is on the postdoc market at the moment! He's learned *A TON* of skills during his grad training (EEG, FMRI, fMRI-guided TBS, and computational modeling) and I think he will make an excellent postdoc. Let me know if you are looking for someone!

BPS Publications Sex differences in the effects of maternal voluntary editable Cannabis consumption on the metabolic phenotype of adult offspring on a high-fat diet.

Work from Nada Sallam showing prenatal cannabis exposure influences glycemic control in female mice and their response to high fat diet exposure. doi.org/10.1111/bph....

Endocannabinoid contributions to the perception of socially relevant, affective touch in humans - Neuropsychopharmacology Neuropsychopharmacology - Endocannabinoid contributions to the perception of socially relevant, affective touch in humans

The first @pact-lab.bsky.social paper of 2025 is out now in @npp-journal.bsky.social 🤩

Led by @madeleinejones.bsky.social & @connorhaggarty.bsky.social
ft. @abby-lunge.bsky.social @cannabrain.bsky.social & others

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm excited to share a new preprint: In a novel experimental paradigm, we found evidence that stress induces a computational bias during alcohol-related decision-making in favor of alcohol, but this bias was only sometimes strong enough to overcome competing considerations (e.g., taste preferences).

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from @lluaces.bsky.social and I!

“Informed” consent? Ethical considerations for clinicians using therapy-matching platforms.

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Efficiently Quantifying Egocentric Social Network Cannabis Use: Initial Psychometric Validation of the Brief Cannabis Social Density Assessment: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol 85, No 6 Objective: Social environment is a key determinant of substance use, but cannabis-related social network analysis is not common, in part because of the assessment burden of comprehensive egocentric social network analysis. Method: The current pre-registered secondary analysis assessed the psychometric properties (i.e., convergent, criterion-related, incremental validity) of the Brief Cannabis Social Density Assessment (B-CaSDA) in a cross-sectional sample of adults who use cannabis (N = 310) using a survey-based design. The B-CaSDA assesses the quantity and frequency of cannabis use for the respondent's four closest (nonparent) relationships. Results: Ego cannabis use severity was elevated for each additional person who used cannabis at all or daily in the individual's social network. B-CaSDA indices (i.e., frequency, quantity, total score) were positively correlated with cannabis consumption, cannabis use severity indicators, and established risk factors for harmful cannabis use. B-CaSDA indices also discriminated between those above and below a clinical cutoff on the Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test–Revised (CUDIT-R). Finally, in omnibus models that included common risk factors for cannabis use severity, the B-CaSDA quantity index contributed additional variance when predicting CUDIT-R total score, and B-CaSDA frequency contributed additional variance in predicting the CUDIT-R quantity–frequency subscale. Conclusions: The results suggest that the B-CaSDA has the potential to expand social network research on cannabis use and misuse by increasing its assessment feasibility in diverse designs.

Efficiently Quantifying Egocentric Social Network Cannabis Use: Initial Psychometric Validation of the Brief Cannabis Social ... (new @jsadjournal.bsky.social)
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