Pot, Emergencies, and Psychosis

Pot, Emergencies, and Psychosis

POT, EMERGENCIES, AND PSYCHOSIS Marijuana may, as a presidential candidate recently said, bring joy to a lot of people, but it’s also bringing dire health consequences to some. In Colorado, ER visits related to marijuana have surged to 33 times what would have been...
A Modern Snake Oil?

A Modern Snake Oil?

A MODERN SNAKE OIL The one thing that is well known about CBD — cannabidiol, the non-psychoactive marijuana derivative that’s all the rage — is that very little is known about it. CBD is being used to treat ailments as varied as eczema, tobacco addiction, Crohn’s...

Weighing In On Marijuana

WEIGHING IN ON MARIJUANA There is no such thing as medical marijuana — not yet, anyway. The term implies a level of legitimacy that physicians only accord to medications and procedures that have been studied; then the studies are peer-reviewed, published, and...