Unlike the U.S., the British government maintains an independent group of scientific experts to advise it on drug policy, called the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. In 2005, concerned about reports linking marijuana use to mental illness, the government asked...
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...
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...
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...
Some people with MS report that smoking marijuana relieves several of their MS symptoms. However, for any therapy to be recognized as an effective treatment, this kind of subjective, anecdotal reporting needs to be supported by carefully gathered objective evidence of...
