Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Marijuana is a cannabis-based product, derived from the leaves, ...

The condition is rare but a University of Illinois Chicago found the number of diagnosed cases jumped seven-fold from 2016 to ...

Many studies have found that getting high on weed and then getting behind the wheel is dangerous for young drivers, and now new research finds it's no different for seniors. In a driving-simulator ...

Marijuana is made from the shredded and dried parts of the cannabis plant, including the flowers, seeds, leaves, and stems. It’s also known as pot, weed, hash, and dozens of other names. While many ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Research suggests that using cannabis may alter a person's epigenetic code. The research suggested that marijuana use can impact the genetic code responsible for activating and ...

During a recent shift, I cared for a 28-year-old man who presented to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain. He described the pain as sharp, midsternal, and associated with nausea, dyspnea, ...

Researchers at the University of Bath in the UK are proposing thresholds for safe—or at least safer—cannabis use and hope ...

Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults published in 2023 suggests – not in our DNA code itself, but in how that code is expressed. US researchers ...

WASHINGTON — After years of inertia, the field of research into the health effects of marijuana may be about to get a boost. Maybe. The Biden administration’s announcement this month that it intends ...

Using a technique called ancestral sequence reconstruction (ASR), researchers at Wageningen University & Research in the ...