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