US government cannot revoke licences of doctors who recommend marijuana

Has Marijuana Legalization Increased Marijuana Use Among US Youth?

Since 2012, citizens in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washingtonhave voted to legalize the recreational use ofmarijuana by adults. Advocates of legalization have argued that prohibition wastes scarce law enforcement resourcesbyselectivelyarrestingminorityusers of a drug that has fewer adverse health effects than alcohol.1,2 It would be better, theyargue, to legalize, regulate,andtaxmarijuana, l...

CMPA warns doctors of risks associated with prescribing marijuana.

What neurobiology cannot tell us about addiction.

Molecular neurobiological studies have yielded enormous amounts of valuable information about neuronal response mechanisms and their adaptive changes. However, in relation to addiction this information is of limited value because almost every cell function appears to be involved. Thus it tells us only that neurons adapt to 'addictive drugs' as they do to all sorts of other functional disturbanc...

Doctors fret while government drags heels.

IZINDABA 78 The office of President Thabo Mbeki took nearly 3 months merely to acknowledge an urgent letter from the South African Medical Association, pleading with him not to sign into law 'draconian' measures dictating where doctors may practise in future. Confirming this early in January, SAMA chairperson, Dr Kgosi Letlape, said doctors were in the 'catch 22' situation of being powerless to...

Who says you cannot get published?

O ne cannot go past the achievements of the winners of the Ig Nobel awards when it comes to service to medicine and science. The Igs are intended to celebrate unusual and imaginative research and are awarded annually by the science humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research. The aim is to make people think and laugh, and along the way it may spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and t...