Marijuana Use

Just when I think I have this whole parenting thing figured out, the game changes. With my oldest daughter preparing for middle school next year, I feel like I have a pretty firm grip on the perils of upper elementary:......

As proposals take shape for a medical marijuana program in Maryland, the state is considering an approach that would put academic centers such as the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland at the helm as a way of closely monitoring the...

Study: 22 Million Americans Use Illegal Drugs (Source: CNN) More than 22 million Americans age 12 and older - nearly 9% of the U.S. population - use illegal drugs, according to the government’s 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The...

Youths and teenagers as young as 12 are causing consternation in Hampden — throwing rocks at cars, vandalizing property, cursing loudly, skipping school, popping car tires with pocket knives and smoking marijuana behind a public school, according to...

(KTLA) -- More than ever, Americans are saying the use of marijuana should be made legal. According to a new Gallup poll, 50% of Americans now favor legalizing marijuana, that's up 4% from last year. However, 46% still say marijuana use should remain...

(Reuters) - Half of Americans now support legalizing marijuana use, a record high, amid growing support for decriminalization that could build pressure to eventually change U.S. laws on the drug, a Gallup poll showed on Monday. The poll showed that...

Former First Lady Betty Ford, who captivated the nation with her unabashed candor and forthright discussion of her personal battles with breast cancer, prescription drug addiction and alcoholism, has died. She was 93. Ford died Friday at the Eisenhower...

Macomb County, Mich. prosecutors in legal documents filed Friday asked a judge to prevent Michael George's defense from presenting one witness to try to discredit its key witness and another witness from making accusations about a potential suspect who...

If only Bob Marley was alive to hear this, he'd be so ecstatic. According to a poll released by Gallop, 50% of Americans now say the use of marijuana should be made legal, up from 46% last year. This is a record high. Get it... record high! 46% say...

A new study of 32,570 students in Rhode Island and Massachusetts found there was no connection between legalization of medical marijuana and increased use of pot among teenagers. Critics of medical marijuana programs often claim legalization of pot for...

Seis años atrás, cuando su hijo adoptado tenía 15 años, algo hizo que Natalie Belmonte buscara a su ex esposo para pedirle ayuda para controlar al joven. La respuesta fue desastrosa, el resultado fue un cargo de abuso infantil contra el esposo, que luego...