Let me ask you a simple question. Do you believe marijuana use is harmful? You may say “no, marijuana is a 'soft' drug and doesn’t do any harm.” Or, perhaps you say “yes, because people who use ...

Over the weekend, a clip from C-SPAN of Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Savannah) was posted to Twitter, gathering over a million views. In it, Carter makes an impassioned speech against a recent House bill ...

Discussions of legalizing the use of marijuana often revolve around the contention that pot functions as a “gateway drug” — a substance that can lead individuals to abuse “harder” substances like ...

Ugh. Robert DuPont, president of the Institute for Behavior and Health and former head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, took to the New York Times yesterday to trot out a bunch of old, bad ...

Those who grew up when Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) pamphlets were common in the school counselor's office are probably familiar with the “gateway drug” theory, which suggests the use of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The question of whether legalizing recreational marijuana will lead to greater social ills weighs heavy on some voters as they make up their minds on Issue 2, the November ballot ...

Former vice president Joe Biden on Monday backed away from his previous assertion that marijuana may be a “gateway drug,” saying he has seen no evidence that use of the drug could lead to dependence ...

Just because a current smoker first started with e-cigarettes does not mean that e-cigarettes caused that person to smoke. It's probably true that teenage tobacco users also consume alcohol and ...

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) said on Saturday that he’s not sure if marijuana is a gateway drug that leads to the use of other, more dangerous substances. “The truth of the matter is, there’s ...

Let me ask you a simple question. Do you believe marijuana use is harmful? You may say “no, marijuana is a 'soft' drug and doesn’t do any harm.” Or, perhaps you say “yes, because people who use ...