At only 23, he was dead — killed in an armed standoff with authorities. Yeager was dropped off alongside Interstate 25 during what his family described as a marijuana-induced psychotic episode before ...

As of 2019, the use of marijuana is fully legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia; criminal penalties for marijuana possession have been reduced in another 12 states. The movement to legalize ...

As a psychiatrist and addiction medicine physician, I am surprised that some patients and their families still believe marijuana is a benign and innocuous substance. Over the past several years, I ...

The $38 billion cannabis industry is booming, but one neuroscientist is warning that today’s marijuana may carry deadly risks, especially for young people. Dr. Kristen Gilliland, a Vanderbilt ...

T. Freeman Gerhardt, PhD, calls for more family engagement when treating young patients with cannabis-related illness.

Rates of psychotic disorders have increased in young people in Ontario, a new study suggests. Researchers suspect cannabis use as a contributor.

Sports, good grades, and good friends. High school seemed to be going just fine for her son. But the Massachusetts mom was missing his heavy use of high-potency cannabis. "I didn't realize that he was ...

(WGN) – The California killing was gruesome, its circumstances shocking: A woman stabbed a man to death — leaving him with 108 wounds — after smoking marijuana. Her sentence? No jail time. “I really ...

In 2018, there was a criminal case of a young woman who smoked a bong containing a high dose of cannabis (marijuana) provided by her new boyfriend. She was unaccustomed to smoking pot. After taking a ...

Prosecutors introduced a new mental-state theory in court Thursday as they prepare to retry a former UC Davis student in the 2023 Davis stabbing spree that left two people dead. Carlos Reales ...

New research reveals marijuana users face 29% higher heart attack risk and doubled cardiovascular death chances, plus brain ...