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Gut Check By Sharon Begley

Does smoking pot actually make you stupid?

Medical marijuana

First Opinion By Shari Berman

I wanted to try medical marijuana. Why couldn’t my doctors help me?

Legal CANNABIS in CANADA

First Opinion By Lyle Hauser

Canada’s legalization of marijuana offers a blueprint for the U.S.

Protesters - marijuana

First Opinion By Kurt Isaacson

Legalizing recreational marijuana is bad for public health

Heroin

Health By Talia Bronshtein

INTERACTIVE: Explore how illegal drugs have become cheaper and more potent over time

Marijuana smoke

Quick Take By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

Children exposed to marijuana smoke may absorb traces of the drug

Gruber lab

In the Lab By Leah Samuel

This is your brain on pot: Neuroscientist studies long-term effects of medical marijuana

Medical Marijuana with prices

First Opinion By Julia Arnsten

Access to medical cannabis: a new health care disparity

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marijuana seniors

Health By Shafaq Zia

Cannabis use among older adults is on the rise, study says

Medical marijuana cannabis

First Opinion By Shaun Khoo

Cash from cannabis companies creates conflicted researchers

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Cannabis Boom

First Opinion By Andrea Holmes

The cannabis boom could be good for science — and scientists

Marijuana Seniors

First Opinion By Rosalie Liccardo Pacula

States need to wake up to public health risks from cannabis

Teen Vaping

Health By Megan Thielking

One in five high school seniors vaped marijuana in the last year, fueling concern among health officials

Epidiolex

Biotech By Nicholas Florko

The company behind the first-ever CBD-based drug is now eyeing everything from multiple sclerosis to autism

Cannabis cultivation

Biotech By Nicholas Florko

These four companies are betting big on CBD-based prescription drugs

Marijuana Buds

Health By Lev Facher

Surgeon general: Marijuana during pregnancy and adolescence is dangerous

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Trump administration pushes for international drug pricing index; is Roche starting a price war in cancer drugs?

CBD cocktail

First Opinion By Beatriz H. Carlini, Gregory Carter, and Nephi Stella

Cannabidiol confusion: lofty promises and barriers to research

weed prescription

Politics By Nicholas Florko

CBD is all the rage among patients. It’s launching their physicians into uncharted territory

Marijuana plant

Health By Associated Press

Marijuana use doubles in U.S. pregnant women to 1 in 14

CBD Candy

Politics By Nicholas Florko

At first-ever public hearing on CBD, advocates and FDA try to blaze trail to regulatory compromise

D.C. Insight IMAGE

D.C. Diagnosis By Nicholas Florko

Scott Gottlieb is skeptical of the science behind CBD supplements

Hemp plant

Politics By Nicholas Florko

Dude, where’s my regulatory framework? As CBD gains popularity, Washington struggles to keep up

Oakland - marijuana plant

Health By Felice J. Freyer — Boston Globe

Harvard, MIT share $9 million gift to study marijuana’s health effects

Legal Marijuana

Politics By Ike Swetlitz

So your state just legalized marijuana: 6 things to know

Ballot measure overview

Politics By Stephanie Simon

Marijuana and soda taxes win big, but cigarette taxes fail in several state votes

Marijuana Las Vegas

Health By Associated Press

Ballot could add legal marijuana to Las Vegas’s list of vices

Hair sample

Politics By Leah Samuel

Hair testing for drug use gains traction — but critics say the science needs to catch up

Politics By Associated Press

Pot ballot drives put medical, recreational users at odds

Marijuana ballot measure

Politics By Shayla Love

As record number of states vote on marijuana, public health questions remain

marijuana edibles

Health By Associated Press

Colorado gives marijuana candy a new look to avoid confusion

Cannabis grow room

In the Lab By Andrew Joseph

Meet the man who’s the federal government’s pot dealer

Adult Marijuana Use

Health By Leah Samuel

More US adults using marijuana as concerns about risk decline