A new study examined the effects of state laws establishing a medicinal cannabis program on reducing the mortality rate due to overdose on prescription opioids.
Sullum admittedly had some less than great experiences with edibles, but he was careful to point out that it is not quite as terrible as Maureen Dowd...
A new report from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice adds to the growing body of evidence that legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana does not lead to...
Before you launch into a rant on why cannabis is clearly the superior form of intoxication, it is important to get your facts straight. Is weed really...
After Corey Hunt watched doctors overdose his girlfriend’s mother on morphine while battling breast cancer, he knew there had to be something better out there. It was cannabis....
In Denver where it is legal to give away cannabis for free, hundreds of veterans lined up to enter Operation Grow4Vets largest event to date where free...
A study finds marijuana may lower opiate overdose rates, a California appeals court decision is good news for dispensary operators, Connecticut gets its first dispensary, and more....
While prescription painkillers cause thousands of overdose deaths each year, no one has ever died from a marijuana overdose. But is it even possible to overdose on...
The enactment of medicinal marijuana laws is associated with significantly lower state-level opioid overdose mortality rates, according to data published online today in the Journal of the American Medical Association...
It seems almost laughable to even compare cannabis and alcohol, but everyone can use a good laugh. So here are five ways that cannabis succeeds where alcohol...
Colorado has certainly garnered a lot of attention since voters there decided to legalize marijuana in the 2012 election, but when it comes to drug reform, there’s...
While prohibitionists futilely try to prove history’s first cannabis overdose, the World Health Organization said Monday that alcohol kills 3.3 million people worldwide each year (1 person every...
(Dr. Mitch Earleywine was elected as the Chairman of the NORML Board of Directors in February 2014) A recent headline reads: “Can Marijuana Kill You? German Scientists Say...
News broke last Friday that Phillip Seymour Hoffman officially died of an accidental drug overdose, something that is physically impossible to do with cannabis. “According to the...
Gemma Moss, a 31-year-old British woman, reportedly died this week of a cannabis overdose. This is notable because it’s widely understood that death from pot is virtually...
Continuing from Part 1 of my What the FAQ?, in regards to Whitehouse.gov’s rather exhaustive (and highly biased) FAQ section on marijuana: Question: Isn’t marijuana generally harmless? From the...
Dutch and British scientists say CBD in marijuana could be more effective than leading medications for psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia since, unlike a vast majority of...
Leaf Science reports on a study that found a hormone released when THC is used also inhibits THC receptors, explaining why marijuana users never overdose.
