CHICAGO (CBS)-- In states where recreational marijuana is already up for sale, a legal high is sending more patients to the emergency room with overdoses. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole on Tuesday looked into whether hospitals in Chicago are prepared for when legal marijuana soon comes to Illinois...
the accessibility of marijuana proliferate, it is increasingly important to understand how various motivations for use are differentially associated with marijuana use (e.g., frequency, quantity) and problems associated with marijuana use (e.g., reduced productivity, relationship conflict, legal issues)...
Results: Participants perceived that their marijuana-related attitudes and behaviors changed little as a result of the law, and displayed uncertainty about what is legal and illegal. Most parents reported discussing the new law with their children but only occasionally, and conversations emphasized ...
meth and other hard drugs in problematic. Ihaveincluded a unit on the outlawing of marijuana because the “Reefer Madness” views that prompted its ban were not true. And as legal marijuana becomes more and more available in the U. S., we are not seeing the problems warned against as ju...
As dozens of states move toward legalizing marijuana—for both medical and recreational purposes—scientists and parents have asked what the impact might be on children. Will more teens use pot? Will doing so cause behavioral problems? Will they develop a substance-use disorder?
Although marijuana remains a Schedule 1 drug with no recognized medical use under federal law, 28 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws making medical and/or recreational marijuana use legal. This may contribute to the perception that marijuana is a no/low risk substance (Okaneku...
However, since 1996, when California passed the first state medical marijuana law (MML), a total of 29 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes (Figure 2). State MMLs share the common feature that they permit legal use of ...
Results: Participants perceived that their marijuana-related attitudes and behaviors changed little as a result of the law, and displayed uncertainty about what is legal and illegal. Most parents reported discussing the new law with their children but only occasionally, and conversations emphasized ...
Objective: In 2012, possession of marijuana for non-medical use was legalized in Washington State. This study examined how legalization affected alcohol and drug use in a sample of pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorder... TM Grant,JC Graham,BH Carlini,... - 《Journal of ...
The Substance Abuse Problems is a compilation of essays on current problems of drug abuse and alcoholism--legal and illegal drugs, effects of abuse, trends in drug abuse, the global nature of the problem, various diagnoses and treatments, and special groups involved with the use of drugs. ...