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Introduction: Cannabis was legalized in Canada in October 2018, regulating theproduction, distribution, sale, and possession of dried cannabis and cannabis oils.Additional products were legalized 1 year later, including edibles, concentrates,and topicals, with new lines of commercial products coming to market. Ontario isthe most populous province in Canada and has the largest cannabis market withthe highest

Clinical overuse of marijuana is linked to a variety of complications after major elective surgery, including blood clots, stroke, breathing difficulties, kidney issues, and even death, a new study found. Using marijuana may affect your ability to think and plan, study says “Our findings complement previous studies that have identified significant associations between cannabis use disorders and perioperative complications,”

Accurate science-based warnings on marijuana/THC and inadvertisements should be available to the public.The marijuana/THC now in use is not the cannabis of the 1960s, the1970s, the 1980s or the 1990s. THC levels at that time were 4% or less.Currently used products are 5 to 20 times more potent. The science issettled that marijuana/THC causes a

New research, involving millions of people worldwide over decades, adds to worries that heavy use of high-potency cannabis could exacerbate the mental health crisis in the U.S. “The ideal time to consider using weed — if you’re going to use it — is 26 or later,” said Dr. Ryan Sultan, a psychiatrist at Columbia Irving

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Of all the ways to win a culture war, the smoothest is to just make the other side seem hopelessly uncool. So it’s been with the march of marijuana legalization: There have been moral arguments about the excesses of the drug war and medical arguments about the potential benefits of pot, but the vibe of

If you are pregnant and use any form of cannabis product, consider stopping. That’s the takeaway from a new study that found a significant health impact of marijuana use on fetal development as early as the beginning of pregnancy. “That’s why these findings are especially important — people can often be well into the first