What do our best friends tell us about cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp supplements? 🐶 🌿 💊 🩺 🥼 🧵 1/4 #DogScience #Supplement #Innovation #ASUResearch Dog Aging Project (@dogagingproject.bsky.social) ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Initiative (newcollege.asu.edu/cannabis-ini...)

Next Tue (Nov 18), ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety & Health Initiative (newcollege.asu.edu/research/cen...) is hosting "Symposium on Regulated vs Unregulated Cannabis Market" in UCB Building La Salle Rm C, West Valley Campus. It is accessible on Zoom upon RSVP: asu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🌿🧵 1/4

SCIENTISTS INTERESTED IN CANNABIS, PSYCHEDELICS, AND SAFETY: If you are in the Greater Phoenix area, please join us next Tuesday night at the Scientific Liaison Coalition (www.toxicology.org/slc/index.asp) Psychedelics and Cannabis Toxicologist Social! 🍄🌿🧪🎓🧵 1/4

Richard and I had a blast today promoting our ASU Biological Data Science MS Program and canine science research at the 22nd Desert Dog Police K9 Trials. Special thanks to Malcolm and Dr. Alexandra Carstensen for putting together a dog trivia and to those of you who accepted the challenge! 🤩👮‍♂️🚔🐕🐾🧵1/5

Our first seminar at this year's ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Seminars was a blast!!! If you missed out today's action, no worries! Here is our next seminar next Tuesday (available in person and on Zoom)... 🌿 🧪 🧑‍🔬 💡 🧵 1/4

The ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Seminars are returning this year with a BANG!!! 🌿 🔬 🛟 🧑‍⚕️ 💥 Please save the dates for our next two in-person and Zoom seminars. #CannabisScience #Innovation #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward 🧵 1/4

ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Initiative (newcollege.asu.edu/cannabis-ini...) 's first showing at the Cannabis Research Conference (www.cannabisresearchconference.net) was a success!!! #CannabisScience #ASUResearch #Innovation 🌿 🔬 🎓 ☀️ 😈 🧵 1/4

It was a pleasure working with Symone Griffith (ASU Presidential Scholar & Ph.D. student in @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social) and Marisa Kreider, Ph.D. (Stantec) in an article, "A Coordinated Approach to Cannabis Policy and Product Safety" (doi.org/10.58875/NLN...) 🌿 🔬 🧑‍🔬 🎓 🧵 1/3

ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Initiative (newcollege.asu.edu/research/cen...) is proudly presenting at next week's 9th Annual Cannabis Research Conference in Portland, Oregon! Please come by our presentations on... 🌿🧪🐶🌎😍🧵 1/5

It has been a very educative week attending the IAPHS (@iaphs.bsky.social) Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, learning more about community-based research with our talented Ph.D. students at the ASU Population Health Ph.D. Program (@asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social )! 🤩🏥🥼🎓 #ASUResearch #GiveEmHealthDevils

Dear all Population Health and Exercise and Nutritional Science Ph.D. students and faculty: The Fall semester is here and let's kick it off with a BANG!!! On Fri, 9/19, we will meet up for networking happy hours at Arizona Wilderness DTPHX (201 E Roosevelt St, Phoenix; azwbeer.com/location/dtp...)

Welcome back, ASU Sun Devils!!! This fall, we are launching a new research, teaching, and workforce development initiative - ASU Cannabis Analytics, Safety and Health Initiative (newcollege.asu.edu/research/cen...). 🌿🧪🔬💻🧑‍⚕️🎓🧵 1/3 #CannabisScience #Innovation #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward

The ASU College of Health Solutions (@asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social‬) Graduate Student Orientation is one of my most favorite days of the year. I can't wait to see the exciting work by this year's Population Health Ph.D. student cohort! 🧑‍⚕️ 🏥 🎓 🤩 #PhDLife #GiveEmHealthDevils

It was a blast at #ScienceOnTap in Tempe last night sharing the latest cannabis and hemp research at ASU West Valley with Dr. Ken Sweat and other members of the lab!!! 🌿 🍺 🧪 🔬 🤩 🧵 1/2 #CannabisEnvHealth #Innovation #ASUResearch #WestValleyForward

Interested in the science of cannabis and hemp? Dr. Ken Sweat and I will talk about the exciting research currently taking place at Arizona State University next Thursday at #ScienceOnTap in Tempe. Spread the words, bring your friends, enjoy a beer, and see you there! 🌿 🍻 🔬 🧪 🧵 1/3

It was a pleasure attending today's Hemp Field Day at Purdue University! The event has grown much bigger since I first attended it in 2023. 🌿🧑‍🌾🦆🌎🧵 1/2 #CannabisEnvHealth #OneHealth #Innovation #GoBoilermakers

This year's Research Society on Marijuana Annual Meeting (‬‪@researchmj.bsky.social) has been a blast! We are particularly thankful to our friendly Canadian colleagues joining us in Detroit from the other side of the border, and for the opportunity to study cannabis use in both countries. 🤩🌿🎓🇺🇸🇨🇦🧵 1/2

Looking forward to attending the Research Society on Marijuana Annual Meeting (www.researchmj.org/meeting) tomorrow with Symone Griffith and Robert Kirchoff, MD, FACP, FASAM (@kirchoff.org‬) in Detroit! #RSMJ #CannabisSafety #CannabisPolicy 🌿 🩺 🏥 🧵 1/4

A huge congratulation to Symone Griffith and Richard Haney for passing their doctoral qualifying exam at ASU College of Health Solutions and Master’s thesis defense at ASU Biological Data Science MS Program, respectively!!! 🤩🎓🌿🐶⚕️🌎🧵 1/3 #CannabisSafety #OneHealth #Innovation

In Part III of my LinkedIn series on Taiwanese cuisine near ASU West Valley, I would like to introduce 168 Bull King Steak House (168 牛大王牛排館; 5795 W Bell Rd, Glendale, AZ 85308). 🐮👑🥩🧋🧵 1/4 #TasteOfTaiwan #台灣風味 #WestValleyForward

I am attending this week's Cannabis Regulators Association External Stakeholder meeting in Denver. After working as a state scientist at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation in 2017 - 2020, being in a room again full of state gov colleagues brings back a lot of good memories. 🌿🧪👨‍🔬🙏🧵 1/2

The bioaccumulation of toxic elements in Cannabis sativa can result in harmful exposure in consumer use. If used properly, the crop can also provide novel applications in soil and environmental remediation. 🌿🧑‍🌾🌎🧵 1/2 #CannabisEnvHealth #Innovation #Sustainability

Educative exchange on cannabis safety and testing continues at this week's ASU Cannabis sativa Testing Workshop. If you have missed it, please check out our video and PowerPoint archive! #CannabisEnvHealth #Innovation #WestValleyForward 🎥 🧵 1/2 leunglab.wordpress.com/may-12-16-20...

The first day of the ASU Cannabis sativa Testing Workshop is a blast!!! If you have missed it, no worries. Here are the recording and PowerPoint: vimeo.com/1083698603/c... leunglab.wordpress.com/may-12-16-20... #CannabisSafety #Innovation #WestValleyForward 🌿🧪🔬👨‍🔬🧵 1/3

What a honor to receive this year’s Research Effort Award at ASU New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, and to celebrate it with such a talented research team!!! 🏆🌿🔬🌎🤩 #CannabisEnvHealth #Innovation #WestValleyForward

BIOTECH ENTREPRENEURS: Interested to learn more about the opportunities and challenges of the emerging bioenterprise of cannabis and cannabinoids? Please join us for this free-of-charge biotechnology and analytical business workshop at ASU West Valley on May 16, Friday at 1 pm!!! 🌿🧪👔💡🧵 1/3

What an educative morning to learn about the production and different uses of hemp and to share the latest work on cannabis contaminants from my lab at today’s hemp seminar at Purdue University! 🌿 👨‍🔬 🧑‍🌾 🚜 🚂 #CannabisEnvHealth #ASUResearch #GoBoilermakers

Fusarium fungi and mycotoxins can result in opportunistic infections and vomiting effects in contaminated cannabis. They were found in one in every six black- and gray-market cannabis samples in AZ and CA. Check out our latest study in Environmental Health Perspectives! 🌿🧪🔬▶️ doi.org/10.1289/EHP1...

What an intense few days of science at #SOT2025! The SOT-Eurotox Roundtable and the Psychedelic and Cannabis Toxicologist Social went well. It was also a pleasure to make a new friend from Health Canada! Please stay connected with our mailing list! 🌿🍄🤝🤩▶️ groups.google.com/g/psychedeli...

What a pleasure to reunite with my colleagues in the Scientific Liaison Coalition (www.toxicology.org/slc/index.asp). Looking forward to chatting with you at #SOT2025 about our work on animal alternatives; data science and AI; occupation exposures; psychedelics and cannabis, and more! 🐭 💻 ⛑️ 🍄 👨‍🔬

Our friendly neighborhood Barrow Neurological Institute is hosting a seminar next Friday (March 21), "Parkinson’s and Cannabis: A Review and Practical Approach", by Dr. Benzi Kluger (University of Rochester) at 8:30 am AZ (commonspirit.zoom.us/j/9541640240... Attendance Code: 954 1640 2400) 🌿👨‍⚕️🧵 1/2

I am speaking on "Environmental contaminants in Cannabis sativa" in the upcoming Hemp Seminar at Purdue University on Wed, Mar 26. Please register for Zoom or join us in person for this half-day event to learn more about the science and applications of hemp! 🌿 🧪 🌎 🎓 ▶️ ag.purdue.edu/hemp-project...

Scientists often advise the general public rather than advocating for ourselves. Yet, a strong scientific enterprise to protect the health of us, animals, and the environment requires everyone’s support. Please render your support to continued scientific advancement in the U.S.! #StandUpForScience 🧪

Thank you, Dr. Julia Albright, for visiting us in Arizona this week! For those of you who missed her talk "Health Effects of Cannabidiol in Dogs: Lessons Learned from Our Best Friends" today, no worries. Here is the recording! 🐶🌿🧪📽️▶️ vimeo.com/1063337035?s... #CannabisEnvHealth #OneHealth

Dr. Julia Albright, a board-certified behavioral veterinarian from the University of Tennessee, will visit us in AZ and speak on "Health Effects of Cannabidiol in Dogs: Lessons Learned from Our Best Friends” next Thursday, March 6th at 12:30 pm. Don't miss out! 🌿 🐶 🩺 👨‍⚕️ ▶️ asu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Kudos to Drs. Dorothy Sears and Alexis Koskan for the hugely successful 4th Annual Cancer Prevention and Control Workshop at @asuhealthsolutions.bsky.social! Also, great presentation on "Cannabis Safety Considerations & Informed Decision Making by Cancer Patients", Symone and Morgan! 🩺 🌿 ⚕️ 💪 #ImpSci

Thank you, Deirdre, for visiting us in Arizona this week and sharing your experience on cannabis education up north! For those of you who missed her talk "Bud Talks: Legalized Cannabis in Canada – Challenges and Lessons Learned", no worries. Here is the recording! 🌿 🔎 ⚕️ 👨‍⚕️ ▶️ vimeo.com/1059232495?s...

Are you interested in cannabis analysis? Please join us for the upcoming ASU Cannabis sativa testing workshop on May 12 – 16. It is free of charge and the application deadline is March 31. See you there this summer! 🧪🔬🌿👨‍🔬▶️ leunglab.wordpress.com/may-12-16-20... #WestValleyForward #CannabisEnvHealth

SLC Psychedelics and Cannabis Working Group (www.toxicology.org/slc/Psychede...) will host a walk-in social on Mar 18, Tue at 8:30 pm at Miller's Ale House (8963 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819). If we can't settle our scientific differences in 90 min, let's celebrate them at #SOT2025!!! 🌿🍄🍺🤩

As legalization efforts continue in the U.S., further studies of contaminant exposure and hazards in legal and illegal cannabis are needed to support a regulatory policy that is risk-based, clear, and transparent. Check out this new four-part series at NPR! 🌿💊⚕️🏥 www.npr.org/2025/02/03/g...

What an honor to represent the Society of Toxicology (#SOT) alongside Dr. William Slikker at this year's SOT/EuroTox Roundtable on Tuesday, March 18. I will speak on "Cannabis Policy and Product Safety: Implications for Patients and Consumers in the U.S.". Bring it on, #EuroTox!!! 🌿🍄💊🌎🥊 #SOT2025

As cannabis legalization continues, there's a greater need to understand contaminant toxicity in cannabis to inform regulatory policy. Novel non-mammalian testing methods allow toxicity prediction of complex mixtures. Check out our latest study at doi.org/10.1093/toxs...! 🌿🧪💡 #NAMs #ASU #Innovation

Dr. Iris Balodis and Deirdre Querney, MSW from McMaster University Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research are sharing their experience on cannabis safety education at our next seminar on Feb 19 at 12:30 pm (AZ). See you all on Zoom or in person at ASU West!!! 🌿 🩺 👨‍⚕️ 🍁 ▶️ asu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

What a pleasure to give a guest seminar today at our friendly neighborhood @midwesternuniv.bsky.social (Glendale, AZ)! 🌿 🐶 🦴 🩺 #CannabisEnvHealth #WestValleyForward

Thanks again to Dr. Thivanka Muthumalage for his excellent presentation "Hidden Dangers of Inhalable Cannabis Vaping Products: Toxicity of Their Constituents" today! For those of you who missed his talk, no worries. Here is the recording! vimeo.com/1046596610?s...

The ASU Seminars for Cannabis sativa, the Environment, and Your Health are back! Please join us for our 1st seminar next Monday, “Hidden Dangers of Inhalable Cannabis Vaping Products: Toxicity of Their Constituents”, by Dr. Thivanka Muthumalage at 12:30 pm (AZ time)! 🌿🧪⚕️ asu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Happy 2025! I am joining many of my colleagues and friends here on BlueSky and the Twitter/X account (x.com/Leung_Lab) will no longer be updated. Let's continue our discussion on cannabis, hemp, and anything related to human, animal, and environmental health! 🌿🐶💊🌎🎉 #OneHealth