Dolphin: Marijuana Blocks PTSD Symptoms in Rats

Marijuana blocks PTSD symptoms in rats: study (AFP) – 21 September 2011 JERUSALEM — Marijuana administered in a timely fashion could block the development of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in rats, a new study conducted at Haifa University has found. The study, which was conducted by researchers at the university’s psychology department and published in …

Chuck Spinney: How Israel is “Disappearing” Palestine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 The Occupation That Time Forgot The Disappearance of Palestine by SANDY TOLAN Counterpunch It’s the show that time and the world forgot. It’s called the Occupation and it’s now in its 45th year. Playing on a landscape about the size of Delaware, it remains largely hidden from view, while Middle Eastern headlines …

Who’s Who in Public Intelligence: Baruch Fischhoff

BARUCH FISCHHOFF, Ph.D., is the Howard Heinz University Professor in the departments of Social and Decision Sciences and of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, where he heads the Decision Sciences major. A graduate of the Detroit Public Schools, he holds a BS in mathematics and psychology from Wayne State University and an …