Heavy cannabis use in adolescence can affect cognitive development and educational attainment. Smokers High Life/Flickr

Heavy pot users more likely to quit school and use other drugs

Almost half (46%) of regular cannabis users drop out of high school and just 12% become degree qualified, according to a study published today in The Lancet. Teens who smoke cannabis daily or weekly are…
In a study of daily users, smoking marijuana was less effective than taking a marijuana pill for relieving pain. http://www.flickr.com/photos/torbenh

Study of daily users shows marijuana pills trump smoked marijuana for pain relief

Taking a marijuana pill is more effective at relieving pain than smoking the drug, a new US study of daily marijuana smokers has shown, but the authors warn the findings may not translate to non-regular…
Marijuana provides effective relief in some cases where other therapies have failed. AAP

Health should take a pot shot: making a case for medical marijuana

Lawmakers in the United States introduced legislation overnight to legalise marijuana while giving states the right to regulate, tax and control it. Meanwhile, Australia doesn’t even allow the use of medical…
The Cancer Council’s alcohol abstinence message isn’t helpful. flickr/MrTinDC

Ignore the scaremongers – a drink (or two) is alright

The marketing of public health messages can bear some disturbing similarities to the way the tobacco, alcohol and food industries go about promoting their products. Recent suggestions by the Cancer Council…

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