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Marijuana use is associated with excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents
A new study found 10 percent of adolescents sent to a Sleep Center for evaluation of excessive daytime...

Monitoring Health Concerns Related to Marijuana in Colorado: 2014
Changes in Marijuana Use Patterns, Systematic Literature Review, and Possible Marijuana-Related Health Effects DC_MJ-Monitoring-Health-Concerns-Related-to-Marijuana-in-CO-2014.pdf

Washington State Recreational Marijuana Legalization: Parent and Adolescent Perceptions, Knowledge,
Washington State Recreational Marijuana Legalization: Parent and Adolescent Perceptions, Knowledge, and Discussions in a Sample of Low-Income Families...

MARIJUANA’S Effects on Brain, Body & Behavior
MARIJUANA’S Effects on Brain, Body & Behavior

Review finds ‘significant link’ between cannabis use and onset of mania symptoms
Researchers from the University of Warwick have found evidence to suggest a significant relationship between cannabis use and...

NHTSA Releases Two New Studies on Impaired Driving on U.S. Roads
Contact: Gordon Trowbridge, 202-366-9550, Public.Affairs@dot.gov   Drunk driving declines, while drug use behind the wheel rises WASHINGTON –...

Smoking marijuana associated with higher stroke risk in young adults
Marijuana, the most widely used illicit drug, may double stroke risk in young adults, according to research presented...

Animal Study Suggests Marijuana May Affect Future Offspring’s Susceptibility to Heroin
Can marijuana use put offspring at heightened risk for opiate addiction, even if the use stops before the...

Mortality among drug users in Europe: new and old challenges for public health
Summary:  Publication type: EMCDDA Papers This paper examines the overall number of lives lost due to drug use....

World Drug Report 2013
The findings of the World Drug Report 2013 deliver important lessons for the forthcoming high-level review of the...