Indiana University studying marijuana's effect on brain
"There's been a lot more attention toward alcohol, nicotine and other illicit drugs like cocaine," said Filbey, director of cognitive neuroscience research in addictive disorders at the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas. Also … Read more on USA TODAY

Political parties need to weed out leaders who shelter drug smugglers
Come clean: There are leaders who have faced constituents ruined by drugs and there are leaders said to be involved in the racket; there's research that gives the severity figure and there's politics that distorts it; a common path has to be found … Read more on Hindustan Times

Court program uses mindfulness
Research suggests that mindfulness practice may increase gray-matter density in the hippocampus (the area associated with learning and memory) and decrease gray-matter density in the amygdala, which can help regulate stress and anxiety,” according to … Read more on Albuquerque Journal

Meet The Former MIT Professor That Allegedly Robbed A Manhattan Bank For 'Art'
Actors will often go method when preparing for a role, but I've never heard of a filmmaker creating a drug addiction or other “problems” they could “exploit” for art. If Gibbons wants to put himself inside the mind of a drug addict or a bank robber … Read more on Uproxx