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A Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey, which studies teen drug habits, delivered a surprise on Wednesday: teenage cannabis use has remained stable across all age groups, even as more states embrace legal weed for adults. The survey, conducted by the University of Michigan found that...

Cannabis and psychedelics consumption continued on a long-term upward trajectory to reach all-time highs in 2022, according to a Monitoring the Future (MTF) study. Although teenage marijuana use showed a year-over-year decline per last summer’s survey.  Past-year...

Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), said that psychedelic substances have promising potential for therapeutic uses, particularly for treating severe depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and addiction. Accelerating Research At a...

Young men with cannabis use disorder, or excessive dependency on marijuana consumption, are at higher risk of developing schizophrenia, according to a study led by researchers at the Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at...