After twenty-three years of practice as a psychologist working with children and teens, I have had a lot of experience seeing their difficulties in speaking with their parents about marijuana. Many ...

For years, critics of cannabis reform have leaned on the same warning: legal weed will lead to more teens using marijuana. The data keeps telling a different story. According to newly released, ...

Cannabis might still be banned federally, but most U.S. adults (88%) say it should be legal, according to a Nov. 22 Pew Research Center poll—and in nearly half of states, it is. Like any psychoactive ...

Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in a large annual survey of teen smoking, drinking and drug use.

Marijuana use among teenagers is entering a new phase—one shaped not only by changing laws but also by shifting perceptions of risk. As legalization expands across the United States, researchers and ...

As marijuana use among teens has grown in the past decade, researchers have been trying to better understand the health risks of the drug. Now, a new longitudinal study finds that cannabis use among ...

Using marijuana just once or twice a month was associated with worse school performance and emotional distress for teens, according to a large national study of adolescents led by Ryan Sultán, an ...

Risk-taking and testing limits are a regular part of adolescent development. Many teens experiment with drugs, alcohol, or over-the-counter substances during this period. While the desire to ...

As marijuana use among teens has grown in the past decade, researchers have been trying to better understand the health risks of the drug. Now, a new longitudinal study finds that cannabis use among ...

A new study out of Canada says teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to seek physical and mental medical attention than their counterparts. Published in the JAMA Network Open journal on Oct. 28, ...

On April 20, as more Americans than ever before celebrated the right to use cannabis with more freedom than ever before, the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) released a long-awaited ...