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Nearly half of US states allow the recreational use of cannabis.
Two researchers examine how students’ behavior changes when cannabis becomes more accessible in the area around their school.
Two medical measures in Nebraska passed decisively but face legal challenges.
Five states have marijuana on the ballot in some form this November. But the once-bipartisan legalization movement now faces an uphill battle in states dominated by Republicans.
After Canada legalized recreational cannabis in 2018, many patients left the medical cannabis system. But those who remained used it more actively.
Knowing how high-potency cannabis alters gene activity may bring us closer to understanding why some users develop psychosis.
Moving marijuana to a less restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act poses benefits and potential risks. But no effective medicine is free from risks.
Lennon’s round glasses are a key part of how we remember him. And the story behind why he wore them in public is part history, part vision science.
Several Australians have been hospitalised after consuming ‘mushroom gummies’. This highlights the challenges of regulating products that fall somewhere between a food and a medicine.
Khat is classified as a cash crop in Kenya, but its detractors say it is a harmful product and some regions have moved to ban it.
Cannabis and psilocybin – used under supervision – have the potential to work better than current pain treatments, but the research into both has long been hindered by federal legislation.
Policymakers will have to think carefully about pricing, taxation and providing discounts for buying in bulk. Else legalisation may not deliver a substantial tax windfall after all.
THC concentrations in newly available products far exceed those of traditional smoked weed, which can have dangerous unintended consequences in adolescents.
States have experimented with taxes based on price, weight and potency, but competition is heating up as more states legalize and the market matures.
Alcohol and tobacco use carries significant health risks but they’re legalised – so why not cannabis? Despite the concerns, decriminalising cannabis could have public health benefits.
Misleading potency labels can disrupt medical dosages, misguide recreational users and erode trust in the industry.
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.
Thirty-eight per cent of Danish dog owners surveyed said they dosed canines with cannabis products.
Students are invited to imagine how the social, political and legal landscape for cannabis will look in the future.
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Professor of Operations Research, Brock University
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland
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Professor of History, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
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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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