New research on marijuana's impact on personal health shows that it's not just bank accounts that can shrink due to long-term recreational use. The drug may also decrease brain volume. “Long-term ...

Once cannabis has hijacked the reward center, daily users have no destination in mind. Here's how parents maintain empathy for an addicted child.

In part one of what marijuana really does to your brain, we traced the discovery of the cannabinoid receptor. Finding the receptor is the first step in determining how smoking causes a high. The next ...

Frequent marijuana use can negatively affect brain activity, resulting in reduced memory capabilities, according to information published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open. In the study ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Despite the growing trend of legalizing marijuana across the ...

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States that opened adult-use marijuana dispensaries saw suicide rates decline among older adults, according to a new ...

Scromiting, or cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), is a rising condition linked to chronic marijuana use, causing severe ...

Dr. Carroll is a pediatrician and health policy expert. President Trump ordered marijuana to be rescheduled under federal law ...

If cannabis causes the munchies, how is it possible that pot smokers are thinner than nonsmokers? A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology finds an intriguing connection between ...

Smoking marijuana increases the risks of breathing problems during surgery. You should not smoke weed before surgery. Like ...