J.C. Suris et al., “Some Go Without a Cigarette: Characteristics of Cannabis Users Who Have Never Smoked Tobacco,” Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine 161, issue 11 (November 2007): 1042-1047. This study examined differences between youth who use both tobacco...
Louisa Degenhardt, Wayne Hall and Michael Lynskey, “Testing hypotheses about the relationship between cannabis use and psychosis,” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 71, issue 1 (July 20, 2003): 37-48. The relationship between marijuana use and psychosis is a subject of...
This review describes short and long term negative effects of marijuana use from a cost-benefit perspective. The author argues that prohibition as it stands today brings the greatest harm to patients who would benefit from marijuana, and that many of the side effects...
Every night before bed, Norma Winkler, 82, opens a small jar of cannabis oil and measures out a quarter-teaspoon to mix with homemade applesauce. Soon after she eats it, she drifts off to sleep. Ms. Winkler, who lives in Rhode Island, where medical marijuana is legal,...
As many as one in five Americans lives with chronic pain. Many of these people suffer from neuropathic pain (nerve-related pain) — a condition that is associated with numerous diseases, including diabetes, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and HIV. In most cases, the...
