Cornyn, Feinstein to Hold Hearing on Public Health Effects of Marijuana

WASHINGTON — Tomorrow U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chairman, and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), co-Chairman, will hold a hearing of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control to examine public health questions and issues surrounding marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, as more states legalize it for the treatment of medical conditions and recreational use.

This hearing will provide an opportunity to understand what scientific research has yielded as it relates to marijuana’s efficacy as a medical treatment, its effect on motor skills and driving, and its impact on adolescent development, cognition, and mental illness, along with what questions still need to be answered.

Who:                   

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)    

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

Co-Chairmen, Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control

What:                 

Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control

“Marijuana and America’s Health: Questions and Issues for Policy Makers”              

When: Wednesday, October 23 – 3:00PM ET / 2:00PM CT

Where: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building and live streaming online here.

Witness List:      

Panel One

 Honorable Dr. Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH

Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human Services

Vice Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, MD

Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Panel Two

Dr. Robert Fitzgerald, PhD

Professor, University of California, San Diego Department of Pathology

Director, Clinical Chemistry Fellowship, University of California, San Diego

Dr. Staci Gruber, PhD

Director, Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core, McLean Hospital

Director, Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery (MIND) Program, McLean Hospital

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Sean Hennessy, PharmD, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Dr. Madeline Meier, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center

Assistant Professor, Arizona State University Department of Psychology

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