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Older adult with visible signs of premature aging, illustrating marijuana's effects on old age

Friday Fact: Marijuana makes your old age worse

Is there anything this toxic drug CAN’T do?!?

Distressed teenager alone in shadow, illustrating the link between youth marijuana use and suicidality

Friday Fact: youth marijuana use increases suicidality

Smoking away the pain—or not.

Pregnant woman holding her belly, illustrating the rise in marijuana use during pregnancy

Friday Fact: The horrific number of pregnant women who use weed

Think all that canna-mom messaging around marijuana is harmless? Think again. A new study in the American Journal of Preventive

Decayed and missing teeth, illustrating the link between frequent marijuana use and severe tooth loss

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Friday Fact: Frequent marijuana use leads to a 41% higher chance of severe tooth loss

The addiction profiteers are lying through their rotten teeth.

Teens looking at social media on their phones, illustrating how friends' marijuana posts drive teen use

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Friday Fact: How friend groups drive the teen weed crisis

Exposure to marijuana posts from friends made teens 235% more likely to initiate marijuana use within the year.

Rainbow Pride flag with marijuana leaf, illustrating higher weed use among gay men

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Friday Fact: Gay men have a weed problem

Normalizing drugs does outsize harm to communities already suffering from marginalization.

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Friday Fact: Veterans addicted to marijuana have been dying by suicide

Data from the 2024 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report outlines another sad chapter in the story of marijuana and

FRIDAY FACT: Big Marijuana’s stock is crashing

More bad news for Big Marijuana. The largest pot ETF, AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis, is getting absolutely clocked. This week saw