Marijuana poisonings rose sharply among people 65 years of age and older, after Canada legalized the drug according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the study, 2,322 ED visits in ...

As opioids continue to drive overdose deaths, a new study suggests that making medical cannabis available and affordable can ...

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — It turns out the marijuana that a woman smoked prior to her death in Warwick earlier this month was not laced with fentanyl, 12 News has learned. Warwick Police Major Joel ...

Emergency medical services and fire department personnel in Washington, D.C., responded to a spike in patients with a suspected synthetic marijuana overdose — taking dozens of people to hospitals ...

Deaths from prescription drug overdoses have spiked dramatically since the 1990s. Now new research suggests legal medical marijuana might contribute to a decrease in those deaths. The Centers for ...

The claim that medical marijuana laws are linked to lower rates of fatal opioid overdoses may be wrong, according to a study published in PNAS. A 2014 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found ...

Two poison control doctors claim to have documented the first known case of death by marijuana overdose, sparking a medical debate over what killed an 11-month-old baby in Colorado two years ago. The ...

Synthetic marijuana has caused a string of overdoses in the Washington, D.C. area this week, according to a report in the Washington Post. In one 24-hour period from Wednesday through Thursday, ...