Marijuana Addiction

Pot smokers susceptible to other addictions, study finds

Sue Rusche - March 11, 2016

Is cannabis addictive? Are there treatments? Answers in new journal’s roundtable discussion

Sue Rusche - February 22, 2016

If you’re using drugs, scientists want to help you avoid addiction

Sue Rusche - August 6, 2015

Teens with medical marijuana cards much likelier to say they’re addicted, but few teens have them

Sue Rusche - July 28, 2015

Addiction: 4 big questions

Sue Rusche - June 26, 2015

Battle begins over 2016 ballot question for full marijuana legalization

Sue Rusche - June 2, 2015

New report: First compilation of global addictions

Sue Rusche - May 13, 2015

Legalized marijuana proposal divides recovery community

Sue Rusche - March 23, 2015

Marijuana is not all good

Sue Rusche - March 10, 2015

David Carr’s final truth about addiction: You never really beat it

Sue Rusche - February 20, 2015

Associations between cigarette smoking and cannabis dependence: A longitudinal study of young cannabis users in the United Kingdom

Sue Rusche - February 18, 2015

Cannabis addicts ‘let down’ as Class A drugs get attention

Sue Rusche - January 20, 2015

Natural ‘high’ could avoid chronic marijuana use

Sue Rusche - December 7, 2014

Weed Hurts | Marijuana is addictive

Sue Rusche - November 7, 2014

Opinion: A personal story of pot addiction from a legalization advocate

Sue Rusche - November 3, 2014

Dr. Drew on marijuana: “It acts like an opiate and causes severe addiction”

Sue Rusche - September 22, 2014

New study claims 40% of adolescents show withdrawal symptoms when they give up the drug

Sue Rusche - September 9, 2014

Marijuana addiction is rare, but very real

Sue Rusche - July 24, 2014

Of non-marijuana drug users in the ER, nearly all are problem drug users

National Families in Action - July 10, 2014

Comparative Epidemiology of Drugs

National Families in Action - April 24, 1994

Risky substance use environments and addiction: a new frontier for environmental justice research

Marijuana use dampens brain’s response to reward over time, study finds

Mixing pot and tobacco increases dependence risk: study

Heroin, cocaine users in Seattle may get country’s first safe-use site

Advocacy groups, lawmakers redouble efforts to make drug abuse key campaign 2016 issue