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Millions of dollars worth of marijuana products found in NYC warehouse

Police discovered millions of dollars worth of illegal marijuana products at a Brooklyn warehouse on Friday morning. Police say they responded to a robbery in progress at 65 Adelphi St. around 5:30 a.m. and found three men inside the store and “large quantities of marijuana and THC products.” According to the New York City Sheriff’s […]

Thai government to reclassify marijuana as a narcotic, require permits for use

Thailand plans to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic drug and issue licenses only for medical and research purposes. Prime Minister Sureta Tabisin recently announced a shift in policy, aiming to recriminalize cannabis by the end of the year. The new regulations will ban recreational use of cannabis and require a license for cultivation, export and […]

Daily marijuana consumers outnumber Americans who drink daily: report

A newly published study finds that more people use marijuana daily than drink alcohol daily. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Addiction, was written by Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, and was based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. While more Americans overall drink […]

Daily marijuana use surpasses alcohol in the US for the first time, data shows

Millions of people in the United States report using marijuana daily or nearly daily, outnumbering those who use alcohol daily or nearly daily. According to the data, in 2022 this pattern of marijuana use will surpass that of alcohol use for the first time. Approximately 40% of current cannabis users consume it daily or nearly […]

Study finds higher risk of psychotic disorders among teens who use marijuana

A study published Wednesday found an increased risk of mental disorders among teens who use marijuana. “This study provides new evidence of a strong but age-dependent association between cannabis use and risk of psychosis, and suggests that adolescence is a vulnerable period for cannabis use. “This is consistent with developmental theory,” the study states. Published […]

Daily marijuana use now more common than daily drinking: Analysis

The percentage of Americans who report using marijuana every day or almost every day is increasing, and that number now exceeds the percentage of people who drink alcohol every day or almost every day, according to a new analysis. Approximately 17.7 million people reported using marijuana daily or nearly daily in 2022, and 14.7 million […]