Lynn E. DeLisi et al., “A preliminary DTI study showing no brain structural change associated with adolescent cannabis use,” Harm Reduction Journal 3 (May 9, 2006). The question of whether marijuana causes brain damage, especially among adolescents, remains...
Neil T. Smith, “A review of the published literature into cannabis withdrawal symptoms in human users,” Addiction 97, issue 6 (June 2002): 621-632. We hear regularly from prohibitionists that marijuana is addictive, but some experts consider the evidence unconvincing....
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...
