Dr. J. Thomas Ungerleider, early medical marijuana researcher, dies at 85
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 18:41
in Health & Medicine
Dr. J. Thomas Ungerleider, a UCLA psychiatrist who was among the first researchers to prove the medical benefits of marijuana, has died. He was 85. Ungerleider died in his home in Encino on Sept. 19 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, said his son, John Ungerleider. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ungerleider...