Daily Headlines UI SEEKS POT SMOKERS FOR STUDY by Brian Morelli, Iowa City Press-Citizen, (Source:Iowa City Press-Citizen)

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Normally, people aren't paid to get high, but University of Iowa scientists are coughing up some coin to stoners willing to help them gain insight into the effects of marijuana.



Users won't get enough dough to live on -- maybe a month's rent -- but they'll cash in enough to cure a mean case of the munchies.



"The hypothesis is that people that use it at an early age have a greater effect, and the longer a person uses it the greater the effect," said Robert Block, an associate professor in the UI Department of Anesthesia and the lead investigator on the project.



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Author: Brian Morelli, Iowa City Press-Citizen



