Presenter: Dr Ovais Badat

Interviewee: Professor Valerie Curran

Audio running time: 12 minutes

Credits: 0.5

Learning outcomes

By the end of this podcast we hope you will be able to:

• understand the background knowledge regarding types of street cannabis available and the research data so far with regard to cannabidiol and its apparent effects on the brain

• describe the principles of a naturalistic study on cannabis and the ethical and legal considerations involved

• understand the results of the study with respect to how different types of cannabis can have differing effects on the brain, specifically related to their cannabidiol content; describe the limitations of these results

• describe some of the key questions that future research into this area is looking to answer.

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