Courtney took her first marijuana puffs at 17. Two decades later, she was raising a toddler son and hiding her dependence from most family members. She would light her pipe more than a dozen times a ...

The U.S. government is barring federal dollars meant for opioid addiction treatment to be used on medical marijuana. The move is aimed at states that allow marijuana for medical uses, particularly ...

Acknowledging and addressing marijuana addiction has emerged as an integral facet of fostering a healthier and more satisfying life. The shifting tides of societal perspectives on marijuana, coupled ...

The president wants to enforce involuntary commitment laws for severe drug use. But rehab is expensive, without enough beds ...

For more than a year, the Department of Health has fought to block Spotlight PA’s request for information about the state’s medical marijuana program. File photo: Glass containers display varieties of ...

A display case of marijuana strains available for purchase on Aug. 3 2023, the first day of recreational marijuana sales at the tribal dispensary in Mahnomen, Minn. on the White Earth Nation. CATHY ...

Dr. Mark Hurst is a psychiatrist who specializes in addiction medicine and the former medical director at the Ohio Department of Health and Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Service. I ...

Matt Hunnell has been sober from alcohol for 13 years. The object of his addiction is in every grocery store and gas station. It has its own corner shop. It's at a friend's dinner party. After all, ...

Although marijuana is often touted as a sort of cure all, which it is not, there are proving to be medical uses for the drug. Recently, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Britain that specializes in ...

Legal sales of recreational marijuana began in New Jersey on April 21, 2022. In just a little over the first two months, these sales totaled almost $80 million. With so many people legally buying weed ...