New research on marijuana's impact on personal health shows that it's not just bank accounts that can shrink due to long-term recreational use. The drug may also decrease brain volume. “Long-term ...

Your brain may not bounce back as quickly as you think after you smoke weed. A groundbreaking new study suggests that heavy marijuana use could leave lasting marks on your memory, long after your last ...

Can smoking marijuana prevent the memory loss associated with normal aging or Alzheimer's disease? This is a question that I have been investigating for the past few years. The concept of medical ...

Frequent marijuana use can negatively affect brain activity, resulting in reduced memory capabilities, according to information published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open. In the study ...

Studies suggest that people who user moderate amounts of marijuana show no personality disturbances. This finding raises the important issues of how much the term “moderate” implies, how long the ...

Marijuana has been a hot topic for years, but one often clouded by misperceptions. Many turn to it as a perceived panacea, hoping it will address health issues or enhance their well-being if other ...

Love smoking weed? Prepare to get your heart broken—literally. A flood of recent studies have detailed the damage marijuana does to your mental health, bringing the risks a renewed level of media ...

According to a new paper published in The Journal of Neuroscience, young adults who casually smoke weed sustain changes to areas of the brain associated with emotion and (you guessed it) motivation.

Should health insurance cover marijuana? Should it cover vodka? Lucky Strikes? Bacon cheeseburgers? Like all those substances, marijuana contains pleasure-giving, mind-altering chemicals that the ...

For all the cultural noise around cannabis, one thing remains surprisingly unclear: what long-term weed use actually does to men’s health. The US has roughly 22 million cannabis users, yet major ...