Despite having no THC in their system, heavy users consistently performed worse on driving tasks than non-users, making critical, dangerous mistakes. The worst drivers? Those who began using regularly before age 16. Read the full article here. This article originally appeared in CNN on January 14, 2020
Read more →An expert panel created by the National Football League (NFL) and its players union is downplaying the potential benefits of CBD for players, stating that while the cannabis compound shows promise in the treatment of some forms of pain, the science doesn’t currently live up to the
Read more →As legalization of recreational marijuana spreads across the United States, more people are showing up in ERs with psychotic symptoms after consuming too much pot, said Dr. Itai Danovitch, chairman of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Read full article here. This article originally
Read more →This article originally appeared in USA Today on January 3, 2020 by Jayne O’Donnell. …the federal “mental health czar” and psychiastrist, Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, [lamented] how little attention the “settled science” on pot and psychosis gets and the huge increase in suicides among young people with marijuana
Read more →This article was originally published in The Canadian Press on December 27, 2019. A quarter of Canadians aged 18 to 34 have driven after consuming cannabis or been a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone under the influence of cannabis, according to a new poll. Read
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