Tag: Marijuana
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Nation & World
Headache or sore all over after bad night’s sleep?
Newly identified chemical link between chronic pain, sleep loss could help sever vicious cycle
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Nation & World
What we know and don’t know about pot
With legal marijuana easier to find, a Harvard professor addresses myths and progress finding answers about pot’s health impacts.
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Nation & World
$9 million donation earmarked for cannabis research
Alumnus gives $9 million in largest donation to date to support independent research on the science of cannabinoids at Harvard and MIT. “Our desire is to fill the research void that currently exists in the science of cannabis,” said donor Charles R. “Bob” Broderick.
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Nation & World
Survey of oncologists finds knowledge gap on medical marijuana
Harvard psychiatrist Ilana Braun found a knowledge gap on medical marijuana in a survey of oncologists nationwide.
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Nation & World
Playing catch-up on marijuana
The Gazette speaks with the Medical School’s Staci Gruber, who thinks that state marijuana legalization policy has run ahead of science.
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Nation & World
Brain-damage risks higher for younger marijuana users, study says
People who start smoking marijuana before they turn 16 may damage their brains more than people who start later, according to a small study from McLean Hospital…
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Nation & World
Early marijuana use a bigger problem
Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have shown that those who start using marijuana at a young age are more impaired on tests of cognitive function than those who start smoking at a later age.
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Nation & World
Truths and myths on marijuana
Seminar on marijuana discusses legal ramifications, effects of using the drug.