A recent study published in Molecular Psychiatry provides evidence that exposure to cannabis during pregnancy may alter the ...

Once cannabis has hijacked the reward center, daily users have no destination in mind. Here's how parents maintain empathy for an addicted child.

The American Medical Association has been sounding alarms about cannabis health risks, and one of the physicians leading that ...

Using marijuana just once or twice a month was associated with worse school performance and emotional distress for teens, ...

Using cannabis just once or twice a month was associated with worse school performance and emotional distress for teens.

In part one of what marijuana really does to your brain, we traced the discovery of the cannabinoid receptor. Finding the receptor is the first step in determining how smoking causes a high. The next ...

An Apex woman was hospitalized with severe nausea after using THC gummies and was diagnosed with cannabinoid hyperemesis ...

As the world's population ages, the number of people living with dementias such as Alzheimer's disease increases.

April 2 -- WEDNESDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- New research out of Spain suggests that THC -- the active ingredient in marijuana -- appears to prompt the death of brain cancer cells. The finding is ...

The two main compounds in cannabis are in a constant balancing act. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Many people who use cannabis do it for the euphoric effects caused by the main ...

Among many other functions, the endocannabinoid system regulates appetite. Cannabis that is consumed modifies this system in several key ways. THC binds to cannabinoid type 1 (CB1) receptors ...

States that opened recreational marijuana dispensaries saw suicide rates decline among older adults, according to a new ...