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Studies show that smoking marijuana during pregnancy can lead to premature birth, lower birth weight and psychological problems in the newborn.
A 1971 law, and the parallel growth of an illegal economy, shaped South Africa’s unique cannabis landscape.
When it comes to prisoner swaps it matters if an individual is guilty of committing the crime or whether there has been a miscarriage of justice. And this is where the Griner case gets tricky.
Our study also examined the way media coverage may affect a patient’s expectations of cannabis in treating pain.
Studies suggest that marijuana and CBD use might help relieve chronic pain while also reducing a patient’s need for opioids.
A third platform for ordering cannabis in Ontario provides little to no benefit to consumers or retailers.
Provincial governments should follow the federal government’s lead by revisiting their cannabis policies to improve them.
Research has long shown that criminalising otherwise law-abiding citizens for their drug use is no deterrent. It only damages their life chances, in a discriminatory fashion.
Health repercussions — including large increases in child cannabis poisonings — must outweigh industry calls to roll back cannabis regulations in the federal review of the impact of legalization.
Cannabis consumption erodes mental well-being and has adverse effects on school, work, and social life.
People in Nigeria are creating new drugs either because they can’t afford more traditional narcotics, because they’re not controlled or because they’re strong.
Drug use among young people continues to fall, but harmful use among a minority continues.
With the dual threats of antibiotic resistance and emerging pandemics, finding new drugs becomes even more urgent. A trove of medicines may be lying under our nose.
In the mid-1800s, France was at the epicenter of the international movement to medicalize hashish, a potent form of cannabis. Now the country’s medical marijuana research is making a comeback.
France may be getting closer to legalizing cannabis. Still, arrests are rising quickly and often target Arab Muslim men.
Holiday destinations are creating cannabis-related events and activities to capture a new travel trend.
Medicinal cannabis products were made legal in New Zealand in 2020. But high costs and widespread reluctance from doctors means many sick people are still accessing cannabis illegally.
Ensuring the participation of ordinary citizens and producers in the industry is the big challenge facing African states.
Does the success of this single issue minor party mean that Australians are finally ready to ‘legalise it’?
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Associate Professor, Operations Research, Brock University
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Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University
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Associate Lecturer, RMIT University
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Reader in Crimimology and Social Policy, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor of History, University of Johannesburg
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use and Assistant Professor in the Division of AIDS, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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Assistant Professor of History, Bard Early College Baltimore
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Emeritus Professor, The National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland
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PhD student in Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
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Public Health Physician and Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellow, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre and Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University
