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March 2019 – D. Rose Ewald, Dr. Robert W. Strack, and Dr. Muhsin Michael Orsini will discuss their article entitled “Rethinking Addiction”, which was published in 2019 in Global Pediatric Health. This article presents their findings regarding chronic stress, brain development, and risks for substance use in adolescence. The article focuses on the effects of adverse early life experiences on behavioral choices and health outcomes and the effects of chronic stress on neurological development and epigenetic changes.

Friday, September 29, 2017 – Dr. Jeff Temple of the University of Texas Medical Branch discussed his article entitled, “E-cigarette use of young adults’ motivations and associations with combustible cigarette alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drugs”, which was published in 2017 in the American Journal on Addictions. Dr.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - Dr. Brant P. Hasler of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, discussed his article entitled, “Eveningness and Later Sleep Timing Are Associated with Greater Risk for Alcohol and Marijuana Use in Adolescence: Initial Findings from the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence Study”, which can be found in the June 2017 edition of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Dr.

Wednesday, January 9, 2019: 2:00 - 3:00 PM EST

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - Steven C. Fiala, MPH, of Oregon Health Authority, discussed his article entitled, “Exposure to Marijuana Marketing After Legalization of Retail Sales: Oregonians' Experiences, 2015-2016," which can be found in the January 2018 edition of American Journal of Public Health. Mr. Fiala’s article presents his and his colleagues’ findings regarding retail marijuana advertising in Oregon in the year following legalization and the regulation of marijuana advertising.

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 – Dr. Ana Rule discussed her article entitled “Metal Concentrations in e-Cigarette Liquid and Aerosol Samples: The Contribution of Metallic Coils”, published in February 2018 in Environmental Health Perspectives. Dr. Rule’s article presents her and her colleagues’ findings regarding e-cigarettes as a source of exposure to toxic metals when the heating coil comes into contact with the e-liquid in the e-cigarette tank.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 – Dr. Matthew Springer will discuss his article entitled “One Minute of Marijuana Secondhand Smoke Exposure Substantially Impairs Vascular Endothelial Function”, which can be found in the August 2016 issue of Journal of the American Heart Association. Dr. Springer’s article presents his and his colleagues’ findings regarding the harmful health effects of exposure to marijuana secondhand smoke.

CADCA’s National Coalition Institute is pleased to announce the next edition in its webinar series: “Conversations: Putting Research into Action.”  CADCA had a conversation with Dr. Ty Brumback from the University of California, San Diego.

Dr. Brumback presented his findings regarding the effects of marijuana use on brain structure and function.