Marijuana poisonings rose sharply among people 65 years of age and older, after Canada legalized the drug according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the study, 2,322 ED visits in ...

Marijuana is made from the shredded and dried parts of the cannabis plant, including the flowers, seeds, leaves, and stems. It’s also known as pot, weed, hash, and dozens of other names. While many ...

Within that group, 70.9% perceived little to no risk associated with marijuana use during pregnancy, even though it has been associated with low birth weight, premature birth and neurodevelopmental ...

Marijuana use is at an all-time high in the United States. In the past decade alone, Americans' reported marijuana smoking has more than doubled, increasing from 7% to 13% from 2013 to 2023, according ...

Synthetic marijuana is very different from tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). It’s called K2, synthetic marijuana, and it has caused a cluster of deaths in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune reported three arrests ...

If you were around in the late 90s or early 2000s, you might recall a particularly memorable PSA. It featured a girl named Sarah, slumped on the couch, completely deflated—like a balloon that had lost ...

Dustin Stairs, Creighton professor of Psychological Science, Charles Bockman, assistant professor of pharmacology and neuroscience, and Cassandra Cavuoto, undergraduate neuroscience student are part ...

In another review that looked at the effects of marijuana use on male fertility, researchers didn’t find a clear link between cannabis and hormonal imbalances. But there was some evidence that ...

25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...