Indeed, no evidence suggests users can overdose and die from marijuana use. But others predict about 9 percent of users — and about 17 percent of teenage users — will become addicted.

“In addition to uncontrollable vomiting and addiction ... Proposition 64 believing a legal market for marijuana would undercut the drug’s black market and thus reduce its parallel criminal ...

Many Black and brown communities disproportionately criminalized for marijuana possession are ... the director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai. “Despite the legalization in many ...

Changes in state laws mean marijuana is available to more people, for both medical and recreational use. But whether you use it legally or illegally, it’s possible to misuse it and get addicted ...

"Combining addiction with the profit ... New York has faced in trying to displace the black market, Lehman's thesis is puzzling. After all, marijuana is no more addictive in New York than it ...

Once you have schizophrenia, stopping marijuana use won't make the condition or its symptoms go away. If you think you're addicted to marijuana, getting an early diagnosis can help with treatment ...

which disproportionately affect Black people, though are fortunately getting rarer. This argument has been successful: Only four states still prohibit all uses of marijuana. In 19 states ...

people could be turning more to marijuana to sate an addiction because they know what they're getting, as opposed to black market drugs that are often cut with the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl.

People using weed for medical purposes are as likely -- or more -- to become addicted to cannabis as recreational tokers, a new study says. Folks using medical marijuana were more likely to have ...

Some drug counsellors see marijuana as a portal drug, in other words, a drug that introduces a potential drug addict to mind-altering substances. There are also those who oppose this view and state ...

Addiction is pervasive and includes those who abuse marijuana, food ... opinion across the Volunteer State Sign up for the Black Tennessee Voices newsletter Sign up for the Latino Tennessee ...