Congratulations to Kristen Brown and Christine Boutros who were awarded the Nu Rho Psi Undergraduate Summer Research Grant. Kristen and Christine are University Scholars that have been collaborating on a project with Dr. Greg Miller in the Addiction Science Laboratory to further understand the co-usage of drugs of abuse, particularly alcohol and marijuana. Co-usage of alcohol and marijuana has become increasingly more common among young adults, and recent evidence supports the idea that cannabidiol (a component of marijuana) protects the liver from alcohol-related toxicity. With that in mind, Kristen and Christine questioned if co-usage of marijuana and alcohol changed the amount of alcohol consumed, and what chemical components of marijuana are responsible for this effect.

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