Maryland: Marijuana Laws

Maryland: Marijuana Laws

SUMMARY: Maryland’s legislature passed a medical marijuana affirmative defense law in 2003. This law requires the court to consider a defendant’s use of medical marijuana to be a mitigating factor in marijuana-related state prosecution. If the patient,...
Multiple sclerosis changes man's outlook on marijuana

Multiple sclerosis changes man's outlook on marijuana

Today, at age 54, Timmons is mostly bedridden and rarely sees the outside of his Garland home. What he lacks in physical ability, however, he more than makes up for with his ardent support for legalizing marijuana for seriously ill people. In fact, he has become the...

Long-term effects of exposure to cannabis

Oxford University pharmacologist Leslie Iversen reviews the literature on the effects of long-term marijuana use. Iversen finds that most purported cognitive impairment associated with cannabis dissipates when use ceases. While acknowledging there are some likely...