Tag Archive for pot
More Pregnant Women Are Using Pot
More pregnant women seem to be using pot — sometimes to ease the nausea of morning sickness or heightened anxiety
Is Getting Wasted Really A Big Deal?
“Mom, smoking weed really isn’t a big deal.”
Marijuana Tied To High Blood Pressure
The longer they used Marijuana the more likely they were to have hypertension
Chronic Depression In Young Teens Tied...
Research carried out by scientists investigating depression in early teenage years and the use of marijuana later in life has found a…
Legal Pot And Car Crashes: Yes, There&...
More drivers admit to using pot, and it is showing up more frequently among people involved in crashes
10 Big, Biblical Reasons Teens Should...
Clearly a Biblically comprehensive case against smoking weed
Marijuana May Make Your Gums Go To Pot
People who use it frequently twice as likely to have periodontal disease, researchers say
Legalized Pot Sends More Teens To ER
A Colorado children’s hospital saw 4 times as many marijuana-intoxicated teenagers land in its ER or urgent care centers following legalization of…
Infographic: Marijuana And The Teen...
With legalization of marijuana happening in a growing number of states, it’s easy for kids to buy the lie that marijuana…
Cannabis Use In Adolescence Linked to...
Cannabis in other ways during adolescence may serve as a catalyst for schizophrenia in individuals already susceptible to the disorder
How Will Canadian Marijuana Legalization...
They believe that it will keep marijuana out of the hands of minors. What do you think?
Pot + Booze = Skidding College Grades
Too much alcohol may not do long-term damage to a college student’s GPA, but adding marijuana to the mix can send grades…
As Pot Legalization Advances,...
The (AAP) is urging doctors to protect children from the harms of marijuana as the nation becomes increasingly tolerant of the drug’s…
Smart Kids Prone To Dumb Choices On Pot,...
A new study finds that brainy students are more likely to drink or try marijuana, but they stayed away from tobacco
Infographic: The Latest On Teen Drug Use
Monitoring The Future Study: 2016
Legalization Of Recreational Marijuana...
Marijuana use increased and the drug’s perceived harmfulness decreased among eighth- and 10th-graders in Washington after marijuana was legalized for recreational use…
Fewer Teens Doing Drugs Than Ever Before
American teenagers are the best behaved they’ve ever been — drinking and smoking less and doing fewer drugs than their predecessors in…
Commercialization Of Legal Pot Has Led...
over 11% of Colorado’s (teens) use pot. 40% increase in drug-related suspensions and expulsions — the vast majority from marijuana
Teen Use Of Opioids Linked To Marijuana
Teens who take opioid painkillers without a prescription also often use cannabis, according to a new study
Going To Pot? New York Proposal Calls...
25 States currently have medical marijuana, but this is the first year that any states will allow the drug in schools.
Teen Alcohol, Pot Use Linked to Poor...
Teens who use both pot and alcohol during middle and high school are more likely to have poor academic performance and mental…
Age When Teens Start Using Marijuana...
A new study shows that the age at which an adolescent starts using marijuana affects which parts of the brain will be…
Marijuana May Affect Verbal Memory
Years of smoking pot may have an effect on a person’s verbal memory
Flashback: A New Way To Get High...
Marijuana ‘Dabbing’ Is ‘Exploding Onto The Drug-Use Scene’
Legal US Pot Sales Soar To $5.4B In 2015
“You won’t find another industry growing at that kind of clip”: ArcView Group CEO
Can We Please Stop Pretending Marijuana...
The truth is it can indeed mean trouble, especially for young people.
High School Seniors Now Prefer Marijuana...
Daily marijuana use surpassed cigarettes
Smoking High-Strength Pot May Damage...
High levels of skunk use affect the brain’s white matter, making communication between the right and left hemispheres less efficient
4 Ways Marijuana Is More Harmful For...
legalization is frightening because…
Commercialization Of Legal Pot Has Led...
over 11% of Colorado’s (teens) use pot. 40% increase in drug-related suspensions and expulsions — the vast majority from marijuana.
legislators Demand Online Retailers Stop...
Synthetic Weed Leaving Streets Full Of ‘Zombies’
Study: Legalizing Medical Marijuana May...
Since 1996, 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana
Colorado Lawmakers Approve Medical...
It would allow parents or caregivers, to come into schools and administer marijuana in the form of a patch
Study: Pot Users May Have ‘FALSE...
Brains scans showed users have a less active hippocampus area associated with storing/retrieving memories
Cannabis Culture
A new shopper’s high for Marijuana-themed products are smoking hot
420 Day: A Physician’s Take On Pot
The citizens of Washington and Colorado made a mistake when they voted to legalize pot
San Francisco Preps For 4/20 Celebration...
Last year, the city spent $100,000 on extra police, and to clean up the mess left behind
Burrito Anthem For Stoners
Ben & Jerry’s Has Brought Back Apple’s ‘1984’ Will this be the official snack of 4/20?
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Upsets...
“We have the Montessori school just down the bike path… Children go by here all the time,”
Survey: Teen Marijuana Use Declines Even...
Students in the two lower grades reported that marijuana is less available than it once was
Pot Proponents Look To California After...
Waiting until the presidential election year in 2016, with its anticipated bumper crop of younger voters
Teens Getting High A Little Less Often;...
…but marijuana use remained constant with teens
Teenagers Who Smoke Marijuana Daily Are...
They’re also 60% less likely to graduate college and seven times more likely to attempt suicide
Using Lots of Pot Turns Teens Dopey
…is not safe and may result in addiction and neurocognitive damage, especially in youth
Flashback: Obama: Marijuana no more...
As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice,…
Sarah Silverman Shows Off Marijuana Pipe...
She told an NBC reporter that it contained liquid pot
The Clutches Of Controlled Substances
A Growing Number of Teens Are Caught In Their Grip
Police Warn About Dangerous New Drug
From the oils of marijuana plants and has a very high concentration of THC. Street names Honeycomb, Butter and Wax
‘Spice’ (synthetic pot) Is A...
Family of teen who died after smoking synthetic pot warns others to stay away from the powerful and unpredictable drug
The Great Marijuana Ruse
63% of those convicted on a Federal level were Hispanic. Just 11% were black
Students Start ‘Uber For Marijuana’...
“Canary is an on-demand service that allows you to get cannabis delivered right to your doorstep,”
Middle School Pot Cookie Plot In Home...
Two of the students were charged with felony, while the two other teens are each facing a misdemeanor
Ask A Pothead?
Watters asks attendants of a Denver pot celebration about a new study on the damages of smoking marijuana
Marijuana Has Come A Long Way Since Last...
Here’s a look at the last 12 months of marijuana milestones
3rd-Graders Caught Smoking Pot In Sonora...
“(I’m) shocked. To be in third grade and have their own pipe,”
Miley Cyrus Gives Away Rolling Papers...
A 12-pack retails for $65, and has become somewhat of a status symbol in hip hop circles
Students Getting High In School Using...
I’m not sure how widespread the use of vaporizers for marijuana is
Heavy Teen Marijuana Use May Lead to...
“We see that adolescents are at a very vulnerable stage neurodevelopmentally,”
Flashback: Teen Pot Use Could Hurt Brain...
Young pot smokers could be damaging brain structures critical to memory and reasoning
Alaska closer to becoming 3rd state to...
The proposal similar to one passed in Colorado legalizes the growing, buying and consumption of marijuana
Million Dollar Marijuana day! ….to...
Colorado Marijuana Sales Surpass $1 Million On First Day: Shop Owners
Colorado Readies For ‘Green Wednesday...
The unveiling of the nation’s first legal pot industry
Increasing Marijuana Use in High School
Marijuana is slowly rising, while the use of alcohol and almost every other drug is falling
Pot problems In Colorado Schools...
“When we have middle school kids show up with a half an ounce, that is shocking to me,”
Teens Love Portable Pot Vaporizers
Pocket hookahs proliferate with young marijuana users
Flashback: More Students are Smoking Pot...
Survey Reveals Extent of Teen Substance Abuse
1 in 3 Bipolar Teens Become Substance...
“we appear to have this window of two to three years during which we can attempt to prevent substance abuse in these…
Trying—and Failing—to Host an...
“Every one of my friends smokes weed and drinks, Mom. Every one you’ve ever seen.”
Pot Laws May Hurt Kids
Medical marijuana laws and treats may send more kids to ER
Colorado’s First Legal ‘420’ Rally...
“More people will have smoked pot at ‘420’ in this location than anytime, anywhere in the history of the world.”
Flashback: More Students are Smoking Pot...
15.6% of seniors from schools in the district said they had used weed more than ten times
Middle School Teen Twitter Talk Leads To...
The girls had arranged to be picked up at the school — during school hours — by an 18-year-old man to go…
Flashback: Teen Pot Use On The Rise
23% of High School Students Smoked Pot
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