OpinionAugust 8, 2024
We Need to Rethink Our Strategy on Cannabis in the Overdose Crisis
Opioid use disorder treatment needs to take into account evolving cannabis policies, to help give people the best chances of recovery
Stories by Joao P. De Aquino
Joao P. De Aquino is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is founding director of the National Institutes of Health–funded Pain and Addiction Interaction Neurosciences (PAIN) Lab, which combines behavioral pharmacology, psychophysical techniques and clinical trials to develop novel, nonopioid therapeutics to treat pain and addiction.