Cannabis for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Even though cannabis smoking may help with IBD symptoms in the short-term, it may make the long-term prognosis worse.
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Does Marijuana Cause Strokes and Heart Attacks?
The temporary quintupling of heart attack risk associated with cannabis smoking may be due to the increased heartrate, blood pressure, and carbon monoxide levels.
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The Effects of Marijuana on Car Accidents
Did traffic fatalities go up or down after cannabis legalization?
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Effects of Marijuana on Weight Gain and Bone Density
Are the apparent adverse effects of heavy cannabis use on bone just due to users being skinnier?
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Does Marijuana Cause Schizophrenia?
The evidence linking cannabis use to psychotic disorders is considered strong enough to warrant a public health warning.
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The Effects of Marijuana on Fertility and Pregnancy
Pregnant and breastfeeding women should probably be advised to either decrease, or where possible, cease cannabis use entirely. And, couples trying to conceive may also want to consider cutting down.
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Pesticides in Marijuana
The biggest barrier to reducing toxic pesticides in cannabis is, not surprisingly, the cannabis industry itself.
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Are Cannabis Edibles Safe?
What you have to know about the safety of marijuana edibles.
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Can Cannabis Cure Cancer?
Some studies on mice show cannabis makes cancer better; other studies on mice show it makes cancer worse. What did the one and only human clinical trial to date find?
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Does Marijuana Cause Lung Cancer?
On a puff-by-puff basis, cannabis smoke deposits four times more tar in the lungs than tobacco, but does this translate into increased cancer risk?
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Smoking Marijuana vs. Using a Cannabis Vaporizer
Cannabis vapor has less tar, but may contain more ammonia. What happens to respiratory symptoms when regular users of joints, blunts, pipes, and bongs switch to a vaporizer?
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Effects of Smoking Marijuana on the Lungs
There is unequivocal evidence that regular cannabis smoking causes acute lung inflammation, but what are the long-term consequences?
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Marijuana Legalization and the Opioid Epidemic
What happened in states after medical marijuana laws were passed? Did opioid overdoses go up, stay the same, or go down?
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Will Cannabis Turn Into Big Tobacco?
There are some serious public health concerns about the legalization of marijuana, but they’re probably not what you might expect.
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Does Marijuana Cause Permanent Brain Damage in Adults?
If you start smoking marijuana as an adult, how much cannabis is too much?
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Does Marijuana Cause Permanent Brain Damage in Teens?
Is the American Academy of Pediatrics’ opposition to cannabis legalization just reefer madness revisited?
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Does Marijuana Cause Health Problems?
Every year, cannabis is estimated to result in two million years of healthy life lost due to disability. How much is that compared to alcohol and tobacco?
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Is Marijuana Addictive?
The evidence clearly indicates that long-term marijuana use can lead to addiction, but are there negative consequences?
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Researching the Health Effects of Marijuana
Politics, prejudice, and pressure coming from both sides add to the complexity of cannabis research.
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The Institute of Medicine Report on the Health Effects of Marijuana
What did the 2017 National Academies of Sciences’ 468-page report conclude about cannabis?
