Marijuana and Driving: Watch TEDxHartford Talk By IOL’s Pearlson

Dr. Godfrey Pearlson, founding director of the Institute of Living’s Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, participated in a TEDxHartford talk, presenting his current research into the effects of marijuana on driving.

You can watch the TedxHartford Talk by clicking here.

TEDxHartford — spawned from the innovative TED talks – is an independently organized event dedicated to the sharing of ideas. Varied video and live speeches generate discussion and connection.

Besides Dr. Pearlson, speakers included Natalia Abrams, executive director of Student Debt Crisis; Yvette Young, coordinator of Connecticut’s Human Anti-trafficking Response Teams; Shaun Osher, founder of CORE, a boutique real estate marketing and sales company; Sarah Leathers, founder and CEO of Healing Meals Community Project; Rahkim Sabree, co-founder of An Extended Hand Inc.; Kelly Monahan, organizational behaviorist studying the future workforce; and Olivia Richman, fourth-year medical student committed to sex education.

For more information on research at the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center at Hartford HealthCare, click here.