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Dr. Staci Gruber, Director of the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core, Director of Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery (MIND) at McLean Hospital, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School discusses her interest in medical cannabis, the medical cannabis research areas that MIND is focusing on, and her interest in veterans and the Veterans Health and Medical Cannabis Study.

What is medical cannabis? How is it different from recreational or adult use cannabis? The answers to those questions can be confusing because of the state-level rules governing cannabis in the United States. Since cannabis is still illegal at the federal level, there is no clear distinction or guidance from the usual governing bodies, such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) who typically provide approval or oversight for medications. A common distinction between medical cannabis and adult use is the intended use by the consumer or patient; recreational users typically seek products high in tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in order to feel high. Although medical cannabis patients may choose products high in THC, many patients do not want to feel a “high” or psychoactive effect. Therefore, they may choose products with less or even no THC, but with higher levels of other cannabinoids believed to have therapeutic effects, including cannabidiol (CBD). Interestingly, many who do not want to get high still chose products with low levels of THC given the idea that use of these "whole plant" products may have greater therapeutic effects at lower doses relative to single "purified" compounds from the plant.

One thing is clear in the medical cannabis field though: the patients are driving the issue and bringing it to the attention of medical professionals across the country. As of , there were approximately million registered medical cannabis users throughout the 33 s

Crime writer Patricia Cornwell is a master storyteller but had shied away from telling her own tale, until this year when uproar about same-sex marriages in the United States prompted her to go public.

Cornwell, 52, has been married for two years to Staci Ann Gruber, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School whom she met while researching neuroscience for one of her thrillers about forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta.

The author said she always used to feel uncomfortable with the focus on her personal life, but she has accepted this comes with her success as a writer.

After all, there aren't too many motorcycle-riding, scuba-diving, helicopter pilot alpha female authors who delve into the minds of serial killers.

Cornwell, who has just released her 16th Scarpetta book called “Scarpetta,” said the heated debate on same-sex marriages in the United States made it time for her to talk about her own.

“At my age, I have been around a while now and I am less uncomfortable with those sorts of revelations than I used to be,” Cornwell told Reuters in a telephone interview.

“Maybe it is a function of getting older but I think it is important to stand up and be counted. When you're not in a relationship your sexual orientation is more theoretical but it becomes more real when you are with somebody and you are not going to hide that.”

Cornwell and Gruber live in Massachusetts, one of two U.S. states where single sex marriages are legal. The other is Connecticut.

California struck down same-sex marriage last month, reversing a court decision that had affirmed the right.

“If people like me don't take a stand then it will only get worse. We just want to live and let live and be treated in the same way straight people are treated,” said Cornwell, who was previously married to an English professor, Charles Cornwell.

“It is no longer theoretical when you have people voting against what you believe i

WEED, ganja, pot, flower, dope, grass, bud: marijuana has many names, but an even greater number of chemical constituents, from THC, the psychoactive component, to cannabidiols such as CBD, often touted for its therapeutic potential. In this episode, Dr. Staci Gruber, an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School who directs the longest-running study of medical cannabis use in the United States, discusses the effects of the plant’s components on human health. At a time when access to marijuana is progressively legalized, Gruber lays out the surprising ways in which its cognitive effects differ between youths and adults, and between medical marijuana patients and those who use the drug recreationally.

Transcript (the following was prepared by a machine algorithm, and may not perfectly reflect the audio file of the interview):

Jonathan Shaw: Weed, ganja, pot, flower, dope, grass, bud, reefer. Welcome to the Harvard Magazine podcast, “Ask A Harvard Professor.” I'm Jonathan Shaw. We'll spend today's office hours with Dr. Staci Gruber, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Marijuana Investigations for Neuroscientific Discovery Program or MIND at McLean Hospital. Welcome, Dr. Gruber.

Staci Gruber: Thank you.

Jonathan Shaw: You're running the only long-term observational study in the United States that looks at medical marijuana and its effects on cognitive performance, sleep, mood, brain structure, and function, quality of life, and conventional medication changes, post use. Separately, you also studied recreational marijuana use for more than 25 years, haven't you?

Staci Gruber: That is very true. Many, many years.

Jonathan Shaw: You've documented some really surprising differences between medical and recreational users. But before we get into that, I wonder if you could talk about the plant itself. Because, acros

American crime writer (born )

Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, ) is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examinerKay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in Richmond, Virginia, where most of the stories are set. The plots are notable for their emphasis on forensic science, which has influenced later TV treatments of police work. Cornwell has also initiated new research into the Jack the Ripper killings, incriminating the popular British artist Walter Sickert. Her books have sold more than million copies.

Early life

A descendant of abolitionist and writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, Cornwell was born on June 9, , in Miami, Florida, second of three children, to Marilyn (née Zenner) and Sam Daniels. Her father was one of the leading appellate lawyers in the United States and served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black. Cornwell later traced her own motivations in life to the emotional abuse she says she suffered from her father, who walked out on the family on Christmas Day She has said, "He was on his deathbed. We knew it was the last time we were seeing each other; he grabbed my brother's hand and mouthed 'I love you,' but he never touched me. All he did was write on a legal pad 'How's work?'"

In , Marilyn left with three children in tow and moved to Montreat, North Carolina. Ruth Bell Graham, wife of the evangelist Billy Graham took the wayward family in and arranged for Cornwell and her brothers, Jim and John, to be raised by Lenore and Manfred Saunders, who had recently returned from Africa. Marilyn Daniels, suffering from severe depression, was hospitalized. Cornwell turned to Ruth Bell Graham as an authority figure, and it was she who noticed that Cornwell's talent lay in writing and encouraged her literary efforts. A bright student, a capable cartoonist, and a talente