Marijuana smoking

Drug use trends affect risk of marijuana in deviance prone boys, but not girls

harminka — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:17:36 -0600

When national drug use trends among adolescents go up or down, the risk of marijuana use among deviance-prone male youth also goes up or down. Among deviance-prone female youth, it does not, according to a study in the March issue of Prevention Science.

Smoking marijuana impairs cognitive function in multiple sclerosis patients

harminka — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:01:57 -0600

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 American Academy of Neurology.

Drug control demands to shut down marijuana vending machines

seher — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:48:26 -0600

The U.N.-affiliated drug control board claimed that marijuana vending machines in Los Angeles violate international treaties and demand that vending machines should be shut down.

Medical marijuana users may be fired

seher — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:41:32 -0600

The California Supreme Court stated that from now on an employer may fire employees who use medical marijuana outside of work, upholding two lower court decisions.

Characteristics of teens who smoke marijuana but not tobacco

harminka — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:49:42 -0600

A Swiss study suggests that teens who use only cannabis appear to function better than those who also use tobacco, and are more socially driven and have no more psychosocial problems than those who abstain from both substances, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Marijuana smoking leads to respiratory complaints

harminka — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:27:57 -0600