Tag: marijuana
Recent Deaths Prompt Concerns Over Drug Use at Music Festivals
Seven people died of suspected drug overdoses at the Trip to the Moon music festival in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 16. That same weekend,...
The Link Between Substance Abuse and Music
Last week, rapper Mac Miller died of an alleged drug overdose at the age of 26. While the cause of death is still to...
Board Votes Against Addiction Treatment Center in Greenleaf Township
A meeting was held last week to discuss the potential location of a residential addiction treatment center in Greenleaf Township, Michigan. Greenleaf Township is located...
Adolescent Drug Abuse Prompts Improved School Prevention Programs
To fight adolescent drug abuse, schools across the U.S. have been striving to implement more effective drug abuse prevention and education programs. While the U.S....
DEA Plans to Quintuple Amount of Cannabis Grown for Research
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed to significantly increase the amount of cannabis that can legally...
New study links marijuana use to increased risk of opioid use...
People who use marijuana are more likely to misuse prescription painkillers and develop a prescription opioid use disorder, a new study suggests. Conducted by analysts...
New DEA website launched to target gateway drug abuse in colleges
Drug enforcement agents have launched a new website in a bid to crack down on illegal drug use by college students and stop later-life...
The effects of alcohol and marijuana on academic performance
Researchers from various universities in Connecticut analyzed the combined impact of alcohol and marijuana on the academic performance of college students and found that...
Marijuana use among college students hits 30-year high
Marijuana use among college students is at its highest in 30 years with the most significant increases occurring in the past three years, according...
Quitting cannabis is difficult without confidence
Chronic cannabis smokers who doubted their own ability to abstain had less success in maintaining abstinence after a six-week Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) program...