It's 4/20 and a Mount Sinai Doctor says there's more risk with today's cannabis than most people assume

WNYC News | Apr 20

Cannabis dispensaries are seemingly everywhere in the five boroughs after New York and other states legalized it a few years ago, and with that comes wider access and more research on the drug. But the science around it is still catching up on the actual effects of the drug.

Doctor Timothy Brennan, the chief of clinical services for the Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai, joined WNYC's Sean Carlson more about the effects of the cannabis that's sold today.

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