Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Center for BrainHealth, part of The University of Texas at Dallas, recently examined underlying brain networks in long-term cannabis users to identify patterns of brain connectivity when the users crave or have a desire …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Use marijuana while pregnant, and your child is more likely to suffer sleep problems as much as a decade later, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study of nearly 12,000 youth. Published in Sleep …

More than a third of all Californians between the ages of 18 and 25 reported smoking cigarettes, vaping or using marijuana in 2018. Credit: Shutterstock/Pavel Kant The use of marijuana and electronic cigarettes jumped dramatically among young adult Californians between …

(HealthDay)—Reports of serious, even deadly, vaping-linked lung injuries dominated the headlines late last year, then COVID-19 took over the news. But those lung injuries haven’t gone away, and signs of e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) can look …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new, first-of-its-kind Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study finds that 48% of 12-18-year-olds who have been in a relationship have been stalked or harassed by a partner, and 42% have stalked or harassed …

(HealthDay)—More and more U.S. states are allowing marijuana to be taken as medicine, and a new study suggests that users do indeed feel better. In a survey of nearly 1,300 people with chronic health conditions, researchers found that those using …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University of Alberta engineering researchers have characterized the potentially hazardous particles in cannabis smoke and have raised awareness about their potential health effects. “It’s not out of line to say there’s potential health risk in marijuana …

Latin America is the world’s new coronavirus epicenter, but Uruguay—a small South American nation of 3.5 million people—has so far avoided the devastation raging across the rest of the region. As of June 14, the country had 847 confirmed COVID-19 …

Kimberley Geissler is an assistant professor of health policy and management ay UMass Amherst’s School of Public Health and Health Sciences. Credit: UMass Amherst Better data on marijuana use in the U.S. is needed to support critical public health research, …