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UNICEF's "Report Card 11" found that countries with more liberal drug laws had lower rates of youths who smoked marijuana than nations with stricter...
A new report prepared for Congress from the CRS concludes the feds have no easy options to fight Washington and Colorado on legal marijuana, determining...
Currently, over one-third of the US population resides in states and cities that have adopted cannabis decriminalization, and to no discernible ill effects.
Adults who inhale cannabis report significantly better health outcomes than do those who smoke tobacco or a combination of both substances.
In August, I published an article based on my PhD research in symptom relief and quality of life in a surveyed series of medical cannabis using patients.
Today is the 40th anniversary of the Shafer Report, the extensive study commissioned by Richard Nixon to advise him on drug policy. The war on drugs...
Chronic cannabis consumers may test positive for trace, residual levels of THC in blood for several weeks after ceasing their marijuana use.
Children residing in homes where marijuana is cultivated do not suffer from adverse health effects at any greater rate than do comparable children in cannabis-free environments
In a recent report, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the Federal government's National Institutes of Health (NIH), stated that marijuana "inhibited the survival of both estrogen receptor–positive and estrogen receptor–negative breast cancer cell lines." The same report showed marijuana slows or stops the growth of certain lung cancer cells and suggested that marijuana may provide "risk reduction and treatment of colorectal cancer."
The Massachusetts Medical Society, which steadfastly opposed the medical marijuana ballot question approved by voters in November, called on Friday for...
British Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered a "what works" study of drug reforms, but has rejected a call for a quick-acting royal commission on reform.
The administration of the nonpsychotropic cannabinoid cannabigerol (CBG) mitigates colitis in a preclinical model and should be assessed in clinical trials.
It costs BC taxpayers about $8,750 per pot conviction, the overwhelming amount of which is for simple possession. It's estimated...
Beyond Chronic shares results from a Kiva medical cannabis chocolate bar usage experiment testing how many medicinal and recreational doses they could...
The oral administration of synthetic THC reduces symptoms of sleep apnea, according to clinical trial data published online in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
Nuvilex Inc. has established a new subsidiary, Medical Marijuana Sciences, Inc. to further study the effects of cannabinoids and develop disease treatments.
Senator Ortiz y Pino requested that the Economic Development Department conduct a study to find financial implications of taxing and regulating marijuana.
From 2002 to 2011, adolescents that perceived danger from drinking rose from 38.2% to 40.7%. Perceived danger from marijuana use dropped from 54.6% to 44.8%
