Tag: Marijuana
Weed withdrawal: More than half of people using medical cannabis for...
Lara Coughlin, University of Michigan
CC BY-NDIn stark contrast to the overblown fears portrayed during decades past, these days, most people think cannabis is relatively...
Legalizing marijuana, once a pipe dream on Capitol Hill, takes an...
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, University of Southern California
In early December, the House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or the MORE...
Marijuana fueled Colombian drug trade before cocaine was king
Lina Britto, Northwestern University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Long before Pablo Escobar’s Medellín cartel got rich supplying...
The unintended consequences of marijuana decriminalization
Nikolay Anguelov, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
America’s decades-long war on drugs disproportionately harmed minorities. Now, it seems that decriminalization of marijuana hasn’t leveled the playing...
It’s high time someone studied marijuana taxes – so we did
Muhammad Salar Khan, George Mason University
Consumers don’t seem to mind paying sales taxes on things like food and clothing. Marijuana may be a different...
Should investors buy marijuana stocks?
Sandra Woien, Arizona State University
Illinois recently became the 11th state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. As more states follow suit, legal cannabis spending...
CBD: The next weapon in the war against opioid addiction?
Jenny Wilkerson, University of Florida and Lance McMahon, University of Florida
CBD, or cannabidiol, is everywhere, with word on the street saying that it can...
Marijuana legalization – a rare issue where women are more conservative...
Laurel Elder, Hartwick College and Steven Greene, North Carolina State University
Surveys show that on issue after issue, women are more liberal than men, save...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
