marijuana

Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, is legal for recreational or medical use in many states and is highly commercialized.

I've been interviewed numerous times about the colossal mess we call the "opioid crisis," so when Dr.

In response to claims by some critics of marijuana legalization that regular use might increase the risk of mental illness or suicide, my colleagues and I sought to d

Let's consider liquor stores. They are considered essential services in New York. As someone who enjoys "an adult beverage," I'm down with that. But what about that other popular "adult pastime" marijuana.

The increase was the most significant among women, individuals with a college education as well as incomes at the lower end, $20K to 49K and upper end, greater than $75K, as well as the married.

To be fair, that isn’t the fault of researchers. Marijuana remains classified as a Schedule 1 drug, with no medical indications and a high risk of abuse.

Something a bit different. Rather than blather on about this and that, putting half of you into a coma here are a few especially unusual stories that I came across in the past week. 

As I've written many times:

Steve, the Mad Chemist, and I go back a long way. We were postdocs together (about 200 years ago) and later worked for the same pharmaceutical company for a decade.

It's difficult to predict what sort of nonsense is going to come out of San Francisco.