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laws that criminalize or otherwise punish drug use during pregnancy are more likely to worsen rather than improve health outcomes. The study is the first to systematically ... Mar. 13, 2024 ... Read More

Nevada issues first license to a lounge in Las Vegas where cannabis can be consumed recreationally

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada regulators have issued the first license to operate a lounge ... managing partner of RESET, a Las Vegas-based cannabis hospitality company. Read More

How Long Does Weed Stay in Your System?

Drug tests for cannabis — also known as marijuana, weed, or pot — measure THC and its metabolites. THC may be detected in blood or saliva 2–24 hours after use. Urine and hair tests have a ... Read More

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A new analysis by researchers at UCLA Health found that mortality rates of middle-aged Black Americans caused by the "deaths of despair"—suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease ... Read More

Two years after first legal cannabis sales, New Jerseyans still seek home cultivation

State Senate President Nicholas Scutari has opposed efforts to allow people to grow cannabis for their own use. Read More

State strips marijuana licenses connected to company accused of predatory behavior

KANSAS CITY -- Missouri's health ... said in a news release. Canna Zoned MLS, a Michigan-based marijuana real estate company, had listed two of the now-stripped micro-licenses for sale in October ... Read More

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Joe Castellano/Handout via REUTERS Nine months into the U.S. launch of the first drug proven to slow the advance of Alzheimer's, Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi is facing an unexpected hurdle to ... Read More

Digital Health

Postpartum Support International (PSI), which provides support and free resources to women with perinatal mental health disorders (PMHD), announced it launched a new app called Connect by PSI. The ... Read More

Drugmaker removes ALS drug Relyvrio from market

Advertisement Relyvrio was first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September ... a new study suggests. Health News // 9 hours ago Just 1 in 7 college students knows how to ... Read More

These are the top health risks of marijuana use, especially smoking cannabis

That number has only increased since then, with states continuing to legalize recreational and medical cannabis use ... a former White House drug policy adviser, told Fox News' Trey Gowdy in ... Read More

First Medicare Health Plans to Start Paying for Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy

The first major U.S. health insurers have agreed to start paying for the popular anti-obesity drug Wegovy for certain people on Medicare with heart-related conditions. Read More

Missouri strips marijuana licenses connected to company accused of predatory behavior

Missouri’s health department ... said in a news release. Canna Zoned MLS, a Michigan-based marijuana real estate company, had listed two of the now-stripped micro-licenses for sale in October ... Read More