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People - Public Policy Lab https://www.cla.temple.edu/public-policy-lab/people/ This research investigates whether RML in the U.S. is associated with an increase in youth and young adult readmission to treatment for marijuana. The study focuses on Colorado and Washington, the first U.S. states to enact RML, in late 2012, which thus provide the longest post-RML time period of all U.S. states.

LAW 5059: Drug Law, Policy, and Practice: Marijuana Regulation https://www4.law.temple.edu/Courses/Bulletin/Offering/3329 As part of our analysis, we will use a public health perspective to evaluate marijuana policy. Our study of the history and current landscape of marijuana law in the United States will have a particular focus on how policy is made through legislation and regulation. The three goals of this course are for students to: 1) explore how the legal ...

Pharmacy researchers find that marijuana component could ... https://news.temple.edu/news/pharmacy-researchers-find-marijuana-component-could-ease-chemo-therapy-pain Temple School of Pharmacy researchers have found that a chemical component of the marijuana plant could prevent the onset of pain associated with drugs used in chemo therapy, particularly in breast cancer patients. The researchers published their findings, “Cannabidiol Prevents the Development of Cold and Mechanical Allodynia in Paclitaxel-Treated Female C57Bl6 Mice,” in the

Cannabidiol offers therapueutic qualities of marijuana ... https://news.temple.edu/in-the-media/cannabidiol-offers-therapueutic-qualities-marijuana-without-side-effects A chemical compound found in marijuana can help a patient who experiences pain from drugs used as part of chemotherapy, a new study has found. Researchers from Temple's School of Pharmacy found the compound cannabidiol, the second most abundant chemical in the marijuana plant, prevented nerve pain caused by the drug Paclitaxel in female mice.

Temple Researchers to Explore Ability of Novel Compounds ... https://medicine.temple.edu/news/temple-researchers-explore-ability-novel-compounds-protect-brain-against-hiv-infection-new-nih Both CB1 and CB2 receptors serve as key binding sites for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active compound in marijuana (cannabis). The CB1 receptor occurs mainly on neurons in the brain, where its activation mediates the psychoactive response to THC. CB2, on the other hand, is located on the outer surface of macrophages and B lymphocytes, where ...

Criminal Justice - College of Liberal Arts | Our Life's Work https://www.cla.temple.edu/criminal-justice/research/systems-of-criminal-justice-law-and-procedural-justice/ Project Title: Cannabis Decriminalization, Law Enforcement Activity in Philadelphia, and Impact on State Correctional Institutions Affiliated Faculty: E. Rely Vîlcică. Description: Vîlcică, in collaboration with researchers from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, will too use interrupted time series analyses to examine the impact of the marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia ...

Center-for-Security-and-Crime-Science - Temple University https://www.cla.temple.edu/center-for-security-and-crime-science/research/ Intersection of Public Health, Crime and Justice. Project Title: Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS) Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health Affiliated Faculty: Steven Belenko (PI), Wayne Welsh, Jennifer Wood and Matthew Hiller. Description: This five-year multisite project tests ...

Drug War Stories | Temple Now https://news.temple.edu/publications/temple-magazine/winter/drug-war-stories Story by Laurence Roy StainsPhotography by Ryan S. BrandenbergScott Rawls sits in his eighth-floor office overlooking Temple University Hospital, but his mind is a few hundred miles away. He is back in coastal North Carolina, where he grew up; he is sitting at the dinner table watching his father smoke Lucky Strikes. That was his dad: A Korean War veteran, a man who succeeded

What is it? - Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory ... https://guides.temple.edu/groundedtheory According to Charmaz: " Grounded theory refers to a set of systematic inductive methods for conducting qualitative research aimed toward theory development. The term grounded theory denotes dual referents: (a) a method consisting of flexible methodological strategies and (b) the products of this type of inquiry. Increasingly, researchers use the term to mean the methods of inquiry for ...