A 2012 Duke University study made international headlines when it purported to find a link between heavy marijuana use and IQ decline among teenagers. Other researchers questioned the findings almost immediately: Columbia University’s Carl Hart noted the very small sample of heavy users (38) in the study, leading him to question how generalizable the results…
The effects of chronic marijuana use on the brain may depend on age of first use and duration of use, according to researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas. In a paper published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers for the first time comprehensively…
In the video embedded below, comic Sarah Silverman joined YouTube sensation Hannah Hart of “My Drunk Kitchen” fame for a special edition of the show in which Silverman and Hart got stoned instead of drinking, then went on to show how to make a vegetable pot pie. “Sarah Silverman and Hannah Hart,” said Hart early…
Last month, a Michigan Court of Appeals overturned the conviction of a man charged with cultivating marijuana for medical purposes. During the original trial, the prosecutor used her closing arguments to viciously criticize Michigan’s medical marijuana program. The prosecutor’s closing argument was clearly and thoroughly improper. The prosecutor embarks on a political commentary, and a…
A new paper issued by the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) advises against the imposition of per se impairment levels for THC. Per se DUI laws, which exist nationwide for alcohol and are imposed for THC and/or the carboxy THC metabolite in more than a dozen states, criminally prohibit the operation of…
The news: Four months after the sale of recreational marijuana began in Washington state, something remarkable has happened: Legal sales will likely bring in about $60 million more in revenue over the next five years than originally projected. The Associated Press reports that predictions released by the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council show that Washington’s…
Authorities in the Netherlands are warning Amsterdam tourists about heroin masquerading as cocaine, which has already killed several people and sent a number of others to the hospital. The campaign is striking because you’d never see one like it in the U.S.: “You will not be arrested for using drugs in Amsterdam,” the fliers promise. Instead, they give…
Despite concern that medical marijuana is a “cash only” business that breeds crime, the City Council on Wednesday squelched — probably for good — a security crackdown that would have required cultivation centers and dispensaries to hire around-the-clock security guards and prevent “public viewing” of pot. Mayoral challenger Bob Fioretti (2nd) and his Progressive Caucus…
On the heels of speculation swirling Sunday that New York would end the prosecution and arrest of individuals for low-level marijuana possession, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announced that possession of 25g or less of cannabis would no longer be an arrestable offense. The change to the city’s policy will be issued Tuesday and will come into effect on…
October 4, 2014 | Scientific revelations are published almost daily in regard to the healing properties of the cannabis. But most of these findings appear solely in obscure, peer-reviewed journals and go largely unnoticed by the major media. Here are five new cannabis-centric studies that warrant mainstream attention Marijuana Use Is Associated With Decreased…
