{"id":25006,"date":"2025-04-30T14:08:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/?p=25006"},"modified":"2025-07-28T16:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:42:44","slug":"zoe-mcelligott-featured-in-wral-news-segment-answering-viewer-questions-about-thc-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/zoe-mcelligott-featured-in-wral-news-segment-answering-viewer-questions-about-thc-drinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe McElligott featured in WRAL News Segment Answering Viewer Questions about THC drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zoe McElligott, PhD, was featured in a recent WRAL news segment focused on the growing popularity and public health questions surrounding THC-infused beverages sold legally in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

\"Zoe<\/a><\/p>\n

In the WRAL news segment with Dan Haggarty titled, In Depth with Dan: Answering Viewer Questions About THC Drinks,<\/a> Dr. McElligott, Associate Professor of UNC Psychiatry and Pharmacology and a Member of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, provides her expert insight into how these cannabis-derived drinks interact with the brain, their potential risks, and the ongoing need for education and research in this rapidly evolving area.<\/p>\n

This news segment was preceded by an earlier news segment examining THC in drinks:\u00a0 WRAL youtube: In Depth with Dan: Examining THC in drinks<\/a>.\u00a0 Viewers of that segment submitted questions for the news segment with Dr. McElligott<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The WRAL news segment focused on the growing popularity and public health questions surrounding THC-infused beverages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22429,"featured_media":24812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-news","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2025\/03\/Zoe-McElligott-250.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2025\/03\/Zoe-McElligott-250.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2025\/03\/Zoe-McElligott-250.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2025\/03\/Zoe-McElligott-250.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/930\/2025\/03\/Zoe-McElligott-250-150x150.jpg","featured_image_alt":"Zoe McElligott, PhD","category_details":[{"name":"Faculty News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/category\/news\/faculty-news\/"},{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25006"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25029,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006\/revisions\/25029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}