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Harvard Study Shows Smoking Marijuana Improves Cognitive Function

Sep 3, 2019 | National

Preliminary evidence from a new study led by Harvard Medical School Affiliate McLean Hospital’s Staci Gruber, PhD, suggests that medical marijuana (MMJ) may not impair, and in many cases, may actually improve executive functioning in adults. Splendor in the...

Poll: Americans View Cigarettes and Alcohol as More Harmful Than Cannabis

Aug 30, 2019 | National

Most Americans perceive cigarettes and alcohol to pose greater risks to public health than cannabis, according to survey data compiled by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and first reported by MarijuanaMoment.net. According to the survey,...

Hospitalizations Linked to Use of Unregulated Vapor Cartridges

Aug 30, 2019 | National

California health officials have identified a link between the use of unregulated vapor cartridges and patients seeking hospitalization for respiratory distress. In each of the cases, patients presented symptoms of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome...

Surgeon General Sounds Alarm On Risk Of Marijuana Addiction And Harm

Aug 30, 2019 | National

At a time when more than 30 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of marijuana for either medical or recreational use, the U.S. surgeon general says no amount of the drug is safe for teens, young adults and pregnant women. “While the...

Researchers Develop Breathalyzer that Detects Marijuana

Aug 29, 2019 | National

Police currently do not have a device that can be used in the field to determine if a driver is under the influence of marijuana, but new research from the University of Pittsburgh is looking to change that. The device can measure how much marijuana someone smoked or...

10,872 New Yorkers to See Their Marijuana Convictions Disappear

Aug 29, 2019 | Feature, National

Even as states across the country have legalized marijuana, potentially opening the door to a multibillion dollar industry, the impact of marijuana criminalization is still being felt by people — mostly black and Hispanic — whose records are marked by low-level...