Public support for legalizing marijuana has never been higher, but the latest studies show recreational use is linked with …
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Is Medical Marijuana Safe for Children?
Like some cancer patients in states where it’s allowed, Mykayla Comstock uses cannabis as part of her treatment.
7% of California Drivers Test Positive for Marijuana, but Are They Impaired?
For the 20 states in which marijuana is legal, either for medicinal or recreational purposes, there’s a new challenge for law enforcement: judging whether stoned users are too impaired to drive.
Two U.S. States Become First to Legalize Marijuana
For the first time, two American states have legalized the recreational use and sale of marijuana
Are Medical Marijuana Raids the Price We Must Pay for National Health Care?
While federal agents were raiding a medical marijuana dispensary and the nation’s first pot trade school in Oakland, run by one of California’s most prominent legalization advocates, less than a mile a way, a gunman was murdering seven people at a Christian nursing school. The feds couldn’t have predicted the rampage, but it’s hard …
The Case Against the Ban on ‘Bath Salts’ and Fake Marijuana
No one would suggest leaving potentially dangerous, untested drugs on the market. But an outright ban hinders valuable research on compounds that could hold clues to treatments for diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Could Medical Marijuana Reduce Patients’ Need for Opioid Painkillers?
A small, new study backs a long-standing claim of advocates of medical marijuana: pain patients can safely use cannabis while taking opioid painkillers, and may actually need fewer pills because of it.
Study: Legal Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Encourage Kids to Smoke More Pot
Despite warnings from opponents of medical marijuana, legalizing the drug for medical purposes does not encourage teens to smoke more pot, according to new research that compared rates of marijuana use in Massachusetts and Rhode …
Trick or Treat: L.A. Sheriff Warns of Marijuana-Laced Halloween Candy
From the department of incipient urban legends comes a press release from the L.A. County Sheriff, warning that officers have seized medical marijuana products “packaged to resemble licensed commercial candy and snacks” and that …
Obama’s Misguided Crackdown on Medical Marijuana
(Updated) Why is the U.S. government cracking down on medical marijuana, a $1.7 billion business — and one of the few that seems to be thriving in a moribund economy?
U.S. Rules That Marijuana Has No Medical Use. What Does Science Say?
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ruled on Friday that marijuana has “no accepted medical use” and should therefore remain illegal under federal law — regardless of conflicting state legislation allowing medical …
Medical Marijuana Sales Grow to Rival Viagra’s: New Report
Medical marijuana is becoming big business — racking up sales totals that rival those for Viagra, according to a new report.
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