TAG / CANNABIS

A handful of doctors is driving a massive prescription surge in the UK’s $6.6 billion-a-year medical cannabis industry—even as new data links the drug to higher rates of depression, anxiety and heart disease.

As potency rises, even preteens are experiencing severe health effects, forcing families to seek emergency care for cannabis-related conditions.

Tracking 460,000 teens with no prior mental health problems, researchers found those who used cannabis faced sharply higher rates of serious psychiatric diagnoses by young adulthood.

Researchers say the detected average THC levels point to recent use, not residual presence, raising alarm for traffic safety. The takeaway is clear: “Don’t smoke and drive.”

Once confined to the black market, ultra-potent marijuana is now mainstream—and research shows its dangers are anything but benign.

An unlicensed cannabis extraction operation kept running after workers died in fiery explosions. Six now face felony charges—including murder—in a case exposing the deadly cost of black-market profits.

Fourteen police chiefs warn that today’s turbocharged cannabis is fueling psychosis, crime and death and are demanding it be reclassified as one of Britain’s most dangerous drugs.

Smugglers are stuffing meth, heroin and cocaine into shipments of vegetables, cheese and fruit. The strategy exploits perishable goods to evade inspection.

Tempted by high rent offers, landlords unwittingly become hosts to criminal drug operations that put entire communities at risk.

New studies show marijuana users are significantly more likely to suffer heart attacks, strokes and premature death—yet most still think it’s harmless.