Many people wrongly assume that cannabis use during pregnancy is safe. Research is increasingly documenting a host of serious health harms from prenatal exposure to cannabis and other substances.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Cannabis use
Displaying 1 - 20 of 21 articles
A Weed-Free January could do more good than cannabis users may realize. Regular cannabis users could expect to experience a number of positive physical and lifestyle changes from a 31-day pause.
Testing workers for drug and alcohol use can reduce injuries but is less effective than a comprehensive approach to improving staff health.
Contrary to popular views, it was not just uneducated and socially deviant individuals who were engaged in cannabis farming or trade.
Holiday destinations are creating cannabis-related events and activities to capture a new travel trend.
In the first published survey of users of the hemp-derived compound, respondents highlight some important therapeutic effects.
The recent review found that both high and low frequency cannabis users were six times more likely to develop schizophrenia.
The government’s advice to cannabis users is to start low and go slow. Given the potential harms of a rapidly expanding retail market, it should heed its own advice and move slowly on regulatory changes.
In their quest to feel high and relax, college students who use marijuana may be setting themselves back, research consistently shows.
If the goal of cannabis legalization was to protect public health and safety, education and awareness campaigns must normalize safe cannabis use, not stop cannabis consumption.
University students had high rates of mental health issues before the pandemic. The additional stressors of COVID-19 and social isolation will make them even more vulnerable over the winter.
New Zealand will hold the world’s first national referendum on legalising recreational use of cannabis in September. It must learn from mistakes in implementing earlier drug law reforms.
Young New Zealanders are less likely to use cannabis than their 1990s counterparts. But if New Zealand decides to legalise recreational use, teens will have easier access.
The draft New Zealand cannabis law proposes a ban on advertising, but includes no reference to marketing via social media, where most alcohol marketing now takes place.
NICE has concluded that more research is needed before it can recommend the use of cannabis based products for medicinal use.
What will the new legislation mean for cannabis users in the ACT? And will other jurisdictions follow?
Muslims make up 9% of France’s population and half of all its prisoners – many convicted on drug charges. But social justice isn’t part of the country’s growing debate on legalization.
The Constitutional Court judgment is to be applauded for doing away with the assumption that marijuana use by adults in private is always wrong.
Cannabis, medical marijuana and CBD oil explained.
More places, including Canada, are legalizing cannabis, but how do we figure out when it’s no longer safe to drive?
Top contributors
-
Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
-
Lecturer, RMIT University
-
Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
-
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
-
Senior Researcher in Drug Policy and Health Law, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
-
Research Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington
-
Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University
-
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington
-
Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University
-
Project Coordinator, Marketing and Communications, Memorial University of Newfoundland
-
Associate Professor in International Criminology, University of Bristol
-
PhD candidate and Research Fellow, University of Ibadan
-
Peter Boris Chair in Addictions Research; Director, Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research; Director, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
-
Research Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
-
Public Health Physician and Canada Research Chair and the University of Ottawa, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
