Is Marijuana Bad for Health? Here’s What We Know So Far
Cannabis's health effects-- great and bad-- are entering focusBy Jesse Greenspan Credit: Cappi Thompson/Getty ImagesWith years of legal and social opprobrium fading quickly, cannabis has actually ended up being a very popular business item with more than 48 million users throughout the U.S. Health issues, as soon as overemphasized, now frequently appear to be minimized or neglected. Pregnant clients "frequently inform me they had no concept there's any threat," states University of Utah obstetrician Torri Metz, lead author of a current paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association on marijuana and negative pregnancy results.Legal reforms are likewise slowly making it simpler to study cannabis's health results by providing U.S. researchers more access to the drug and a broader po...