Lauren Micalizzi, Ph.D.

Cannabis has become more legal. It's time to update laws around use by pregnant people It's time to rethink punitive policies around cannabis use by people who are pregnant.

Professors @laurenmic.bsky.social & Liz Tobin-Tyler write in @statnews.com that "without reform, expanded #cannabis legality may paradoxically increase legal consequences for those who are pregnant—undermining the very public health goals rescheduling is meant to advance."

Please welcome our new RSMj Board Members!

Full Board members Lauren Micalizzi (@laurenmic.bsky.social), Jeffrey Wardell (@bac-lab.bsky.social ), and Yan Wang.

Student Board members Kyra Farrelly and Mohammad Habib.

Rethinking E-Cigarette Flavor Policy: Can We Reduce Harm for Adults Without Inviting Youth Use?: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol 86, No 5

Rethinking E-Cigarette Flavor Policy: Can We Reduce Harm for Adults Without Inviting Youth Use? (new #openaccess in @jsadjournal.bsky.social 86/5)
@nyusilver.bsky.social @browncaas.bsky.social @laurenmic.bsky.social @marielsbello.bsky.social @dalemaglalang.bsky.social
www.jsad.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks to all who visited our symposium on “cannabis use and mental health in pregnancy” at #CPA2025! I’m feeling so thankful for these incredible mentors and collaborators! @rachelgunn.bsky.social @laurenmic.bsky.social @apadivision50.bsky.social

Our paper out today led by @rachelgunn.bsky.social and
@laurenmic.bsky.social analyzes posts from an online pro-cannabis #pregnancy forum called “Ganja Mamas.” #cannabis www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Excited to see things growing here and to join the conversation! We wanted to share a recently launched study recruiting people nationally who are trying by to get pregnant and use alcohol and cannabis. Feel free to share the link to our online screener! brown.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Associations of daily alcohol, cannabis, combustible tobacco, and e-cigarette use with same-day co-u... Young adults frequently use alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco together. Given the increased prevalence of e-cigarette use and recreational cannabis use, …

Gotta post SOMETHING to lead off on this new platform so may as well be a repost of the latest work from our lab on daily co-use of alcohol, cannabis, combustible cigarettes, and e-cigarettes!

We (Brown’s Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences) are looking for our next chair. Please share widely! apply.interfolio.com/131699

Hi #SciSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter! 👋
I’m the new(ish) Founding Director of the Center for Dissemination & Implementation Science at NU. Trying to plug and speed up the slow and leaky research pipeline. Juggling the move from New England burbs to Chicago with my hubs, teen, tween, and rescue 🐶