The Daily Beat
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The Daily Beat is a daily news podcast that gives you 15 minutes of digestible investigations into an ongoing weekly story. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. with your host Lisa Autz to hear original reporting on events throughout New York City that speak to greater national and international issues.
Not to mention, we’ll also feature some of BTR’s top tracks.
This week on the Daily Beat will be looking at the legalization of Medical Marijuana.
Don’t miss a beat!
Today: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 – This week’s podcast covers a panel event by High NY, a community organization dedicated to changing the way society views and discusses cannabis. The panel included Andrew Tatarsky, a psychologist specializing in addiction treatment, Dr. Alex Neumeister, an NYU researcher working on treating PTSD patients with cannabis, and curated by Lex Pelger, a bio-chemist, and science writer, author of upcoming book, People of the Cannabinoids, Lex Pelger.
Be sure to join the High NY meet-up group: Here
& check out the High NY website
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