As individual states in the US and other countries become increasingly open to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, there is a great need to consider the plant’s detrimental effects — memory loss, anxiety, and paranoia — and determine if they are controllable.

A recent study from...

Marijuana is one of the few illegal substances remaining that can still arguably be less harmful than other legal substances, like tobacco. Until now, little research had been conducted to prove that cannabis smoke could have detrimental effects on the health of those who inhaled it.

Research...

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Many marijuana users believe that there...