Research

Using cannabis while pregnant does not impair children’s cognition, decades of studies suggest

Across the US, children and their parents routinely face separation and other forms of punishment due to legal and medical…

5 years ago

Five-year follow-up of rural Jamaican children whose mothers used marijuana during pregnancy

Using standardized testing procedures, this study followed the development of children from the prenatal period to the age of 5…

5 years ago

Prenatal Marijuana Exposure and Neonatal Outcomes in Jamaica: A 1994 Ethnographic Study

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of marijuana (or "'ganja" as it is called in Jamaica)…

5 years ago

Ace the ABCs of cannabinoids

You’ve heard the terms “THC” and “CBD” thrown around a lot, but what does it all mean? And what even…

5 years ago

Cannabis for stress & anxiety during COVID-19

These days, the majority of patients are contacting me for three reasons: 1) insomnia, 2) anxiety 3), and managing PTSD…

5 years ago

Study shows THC & CBD may ease MS symptoms

The small pilot study of 15 patients analyzed how the THC-CBD spray affected spasticity and pain scores, concluding that the…

6 years ago

Marijuana use by breastfeeding mothers and cannabinoid concentrations in breast milk

Marijuana is the most commonly used recreational drug among breastfeeding women. With legalization of marijuana in several US states and…

7 years ago

Marijuana and pregnancy: objective education is good, but biased education is not

We read with interest the article by Chasnoff, which concluded that physicians should be educated about the negative effects of…

8 years ago

The number of pregnant women using marijuana for morning sickness & anxiety is on the rise

Certain symptoms of pregnancy, like morning sickness or anxiety, come on fast and are so persistent that at times, it can seem like almost…

8 years ago