Symposium – Anna Lembke

Dr. Anna Lembke, Associate Professor and Medical Director of Addiction Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, recently spoke to our Honors students. Dr. Lembke spoke about her book, Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop. The presentation explained how addiction works, why people getContinue reading “Symposium – Anna Lembke”

Honors Symposia – Mary Martinasek

On Monday, February 26th, Dr. Mary Martinasek, from UT’s Public Health department, presented on Inhalational Marijuana. Dr. Martinasek discussed the history of the marijuana plant, its varied uses, the medical research into marijuana, then focused on her own research on the health consequences of smoking marijuana.