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Black girls who use marijuana engage in riskier sex, have higher STD rate
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Black girls who use marijuana are more likely to engage in risky sexual acts and contract a sexually transmitted disease, a new study finds.
Smoking marijuana impairs cognitive function in MS patients
Feb 13, 2008 |
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People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who smoke marijuana are more likely to have emotional and memory problems, according to research published February 13, 2008, in the online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...
Doctors boosting marijuana dosages
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Canadian health officials say doctors are increasing the dosages of medical marijuana they prescribe for patients.
Pot and pop: New research finds stronger link between music and marijuana use among teens
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Teens who frequently listen to music that contains references to marijuana are more likely to use the drug than their counterparts with less exposure to such lyrics, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine ...
Growing evidence of marijuana smoke's potential dangers
Aug 05, 2009 |
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In a finding that challenges the increasingly popular belief that smoking marijuana is less harmful to health than smoking tobacco, researchers in Canada are reporting that smoking marijuana, like smoking ...
Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The push to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois has taken a big step forward.
Middle class relaxing with marijuana
May 14, 2008 |
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A variety of middle-class people are making a conscious but careful choice to use marijuana to enhance their leisure activities, a University of Alberta study shows.
Developing Brains: Alcohol Worse than Marijuana
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It appears that when it comes to teen brain development, parents should be more worried about alcohol abuse than marijuana abuse. Two recent studies have been published showing that alcohol ...
Research finds that marijuana use takes toll on adolescent brain function
Oct 14, 2008 |
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Brain imaging shows that the brains of teens that use marijuana are working harder than the brains of their peers who abstain from the drug. At the 2008 annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Boston, Mass., ...
Marijuana smoke contains higher levels of certain toxins than tobacco smoke
Dec 17, 2007 |
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Here’s another reason to “keep off the grass.” Researchers in Canada report that marijuana smoke contains significantly higher levels of several toxic compounds — including ammonia and hydrogen cyanide — than ...
The use and misuse of alcohol and marijuana can be traced to a common set of genes
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. Roughly eight to 12 percent of marijuana users are considered "dependent" and, just like alcohol, the severity of symptoms increases with heavier use. ...
A severe vomiting sickness with chronic cannabis abuse
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Marijuana, a commonly abused drug among high school and college students is linked to a severe form of vomiting syndrome and compulsive bathing behavior. This form of severe vomiting sickness is increasingly recognized with ...
Small study shows marijuana does not increase risk of head, neck cancer
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Smoking marijuana (cannabis) does not increase the user’s risk of head and neck cancer, according to a new study published in the March 2008 issue of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
Conservative county OKs medical pot
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 18, 2007 |
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Conservative Orange County, Calif., will license the use of medical marijuana and issue ID cards to patients entitled to use it.
Calif regulators find pot smoke causes cancer
Jun 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Marijuana smoke has joined tobacco smoke and hundreds of other chemicals on a list of substances California regulators say cause cancer.
