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Thursday January 21, 2016

Study Finds No Clear Link Between Teen Pot Use And Psychosis

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Study Finds No Clear Link Between Teen Pot Use And Psychosis

January 21, 2016 • A study of health problems in adulthood and levels of pot smoking in teen boys found no connection. This contradicts other studies that have found more psychotic disorders in marijuana users.

Monday December 7, 2015

Marijuana Extract May Help Some Children With Epilepsy, Study Finds

A strain of high-cannabidiol marijuana is used to create extracts used in experimental epilepsy treatments. GW Pharmaceuticals hide caption

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Marijuana Extract May Help Some Children With Epilepsy, Study Finds

December 7, 2015 • The first studies of cannabidiol show promise for treatment-resistant epilepsy, but researchers caution that these are preliminary results and bigger, better studies are needed.

Marijuana Extract May Help Some Children With Epilepsy, Study Finds

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Saturday July 11, 2015

Pot Politics: The Marijuana Business Comes To Washington

Sen. Rand Paul waves to supporters in Denver after he spoke to a closed meeting of cannabis business leaders earlier in the day. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption

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Pot Politics: The Marijuana Business Comes To Washington

July 11, 2015 • "We're going to be making sure that [members of Congress] know their constituents care about this stuff," said one industry representative.

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