People who start smoking cannabis to combat pain, anxiety or depression are at a greater risk of developing paranoia compared to those who start using it for “fun”, according to the largest study of ...

Starting cannabis use before the age of 15 may set the stage for future health struggles, according to a new study linking ...

Medicinal cannabis use has increased rapidly in recent years in Australia. Since access pathways were expanded in 2016, more than 700,000 prescription approvals have been issued. Subscribe to our ...

The risks of cannabis use rise with age, doctors say, even as more older adults turn to it for relief from health problems ...

Dr Lade Smith, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, believes young people smoking cannabis are at risk of ...

People who use both cannabis and tobacco show unique brain chemistry linked to higher anxiety, depression, and difficulty quitting.

A major collaboration between UC San Diego and 23andMe identified genes that shape cannabis use behaviors. The study linked ...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program expanded rapidly in the years after clinical anxiety was added as a qualifying condition, University of Pittsburgh researchers found in a new study that traces ...

After addition of anxiety as qualifying condition, 60.26 percent of certifications were for anxiety. (HealthDay News) — Adding anxiety disorders as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis in ...

An international group of researchers led by Vanderbilt University has discovered for the first time that there are cannabinoid receptors in the amygdala. The amygdala is one of the primary brain ...

Despite regulatory progress in many countries, skepticism and a lack of robust randomized trials continue to limit the use of medical cannabis in rheumatology.

Within months of Pennsylvania's medical cannabis program adding anxiety as a qualifying condition, that diagnosis quickly rose to become the most common for cannabis certifications, according to a ...