News & Media

"Four ways marijuana rewires the teenage brain", Scientific American, May 2026

Podcast: "The Teen Brain & Cannabis: What Parents Needs to Know | Dr. Krista Lisdahl", Where Parents Talk, May 2026

• Featuring collaborator Dr. Krista Lisdahl, discussing a recent co-authored paper and more general information on cannabis-brain functioning in teens

"Major UC San Diego study links marijuana use to slower cognitive development in teens", CBS 8 News San Diego, April 2026

"UCSD marijuana study affirms drug’s negative effect on youth", San Diego Union Tribune, April 2026

"Critics warn Newsom's hemp ban could harm medicinal CBD users", KPBS, October 2024

"Nearly 3% of Healthy Adolescents use Commercial CBD Products, Study Finds", UC San Diego Today, May 2024

"Cannabis use linked to reduced neurocognitive performance in adolescents", PsyPost, February 2024

"Cannabis Research Grant Recipients" Department of Cannabis Control, April 2023

"New Analysis Shows Child Drug Use Could Be Twice As High as We Think" Sci Tech Daily, April 2023

"Study indicates teenagers’ orbitofrontal cortex volume predicts the onset of future cannabis use" PsyPost, August 2019