No, Marijuana Use Doesn’t Lower Your IQ
A 2012 Duke University study made international headlines when it purported to find a link between heavy marijuana use and IQ decline among teenagers....
Marijuana Shops Give Boost To Local Economies In Colorado
It’s been about eight months since the U.S. state of Colorado legalized recreational marijuana. A new study shows cannabis shops are pouring a lot...
Colorado Not Suffering Buyer’s Remorse Over Legal Marijuana
Nine months after Colorado shops opened their doors to sell the first bags of recreational marijuana, a majority of state residents still support legal...
Marijuana Legalization: Highway Fatalities In Colorado Are At Near-Historic Lows
Since Colorado voters legalized pot in 2012, prohibition supporters have warned that recreational marijuana will lead to a scourge of “drugged divers” on the...
Pot Tax Collections Booming In Colorado
Colorado's marijuana market boomed in April as tens of thousands celebrated the once-underground 4/20 pot holiday. Tax collections released Monday showed that Colorado sold...
9 Reasons Why Dr. Gupta Changed His Mind About Marijuana
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, says he was wrong to ignore marijuana's medical potential when he wrote an opinion piece in 2009...
Marijuana Case Filings Plummet In Colorado Following Legalization
Charges for all manner of marijuana crimes plummeted in the months after Colorado voters legalized limited possession of cannabis for people over 21. According...
10 Facts About Marijuana
Marijuana is a plant containing a psychoactive chemical, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), in its leaves, buds and flowers. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug,...
10 Unprecedented Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy In 2013
#1 Public Support For Legalizing Marijuana Hits Historic Highs
An unprecedented 58 percent of Americans believe that marijuana ought to be “made legal” for adult...
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer?
Chemo or Cannabis: How Would You Like to Treat Your Cancer? It is one thing to kill a cancer cell, but the real question...
The Myth of Marijuana’s Gateway Theory Effect
The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, in cooperation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the White House Office of...
Drink More Water When You Smoke Cannabis
85% of all Americans are chronically dehydrated. In 47% of Americans (especially the elderly) the thirst mechanism is so weak it is often...
Marijuana Myths
Health Risk Myths and Realities - Marijuana Overdose - No evidence exists that anyone has ever died of a marijuana overdose. Tests performed on mice have...
Chronology of Cannabis
12,000BC: Hemp was first used for paper and medicine by Emperor Shen
2737 BC: Cannabis referred to as a "superior" herb in the world's first...