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Marijuana: Separating Myth from Medicine – Pioneering Research in an Understudied Field

By Katrina Fu | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Psychiatry | 0 comment | 18 April, 2025 | 0

Medical marijuana has been touted as a cure for everything from anxiety to insomnia, but what does research tell us about the benefits and potential risks?

How Does Maternal Marijuana Use Affect the Developing Fetus? Researchers Call for New Studies to Find Out More

By Brian Burns | Imaging & Radiology | 0 comment | 11 August, 2021 | 0

There’s growing recognition that maternal marijuana use can disrupt placental function and fetal development, which can have long term health consequences.

How Changing Laws on Cannabis are Impacting Pediatric Patient Visits to the Emergency Room

By Brian Burns | Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics | 0 comment | 9 May, 2019 | 0

Researchers from the MassGeneral Hospital for Children recently published a review paper taking a detailed look at cannabis-related emergency department (ED) visits by pediatric patients.

Research Shows that Memory Function in Adolescents Improves After 30 Days of Cannabis Abstinence

By Gloria Rosado | Neurology | 0 comment | 8 November, 2018 | 0

Teens and young adults who abstained from cannabis use for a month improved performance on memory and cognitive function tests.

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