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Legalizing Marijuana Not a Trigger for Teen Toking drugs
July 10, 2019
Despite what many might think, legalizing marijuana does not encourage pot use among teenagers, and it may actually discourage them from smoking weed...
Less Pain, More Car Crashes: Legalized Marijuana a Mixed Bag drugs
May 17, 2019
If Colorado is any indication, the legalization of marijuana does not come without health hazards.
As More Smoke Pot, Are Their Jobs at Risk? drugs
January 23, 2019
As increasing numbers of Americans use marijuana, there is a rising risk of job loss among those who use the drug, a new study suggests.....
More Evidence Pot May Damage the Teen Brain drugs
January 15, 2019
Smoking just a couple of joints may cause significant changes in a teenager's brain structure, a new study has found.Brain scans show that some adolescents who've tried marijuana just a couple of .....
Cannabis-based compound may reduce seizures in children with epilepsy worldpharmanews
December 06, 2018
Interest has been growing in the use of cannabinoids - the active chemicals in cannabis or marijuana - for the treatment of epilepsy in children.
Pediatricians Advise Against Use of Marijuana in Pregnancy drugs
August 28, 2018
Due to the potential adverse effect of marijuana use during pregnancy and breastfeeding, pediatricians should recommend against marijuana use, according to a clinical report published online Aug. 27 in Pediatrics.
FDA greenlights GW's Epidiolex, the first U.S. drug made from marijuana fiercepharma
June 26, 2018
The FDA just approved Epidiolex, the GW Pharma seizure drug derived from cannabis, giving children with two rare and serious forms of epilepsy a new treatment...
Singapore, with strict drug laws, to develop synthetic marijuana compounds biospectrumasia
May 02, 2018
Singapore is funding research on medical treatments containing synthetically-derived compounds of the marijuana plant
PharmaCannis Takes Biopharma Approach to Medical Marijuana biospace
April 19, 2018
It seems inevitable that as marijuana becomes more broadly legal in the U.S., that the biopharma industry and larger corporations will take an interest.
FDA Warns Companies Marketing Unproven Products, Derived From Marijuana, That Claim To Treat, Cure C americanpharmaceuticacreview
November 03, 2017
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to four companies illegally selling products online that claim to prevent, diagnose, treat, or cure cancer without evidence to support these outcomes.

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