The herbal remedy: Teens use cannabis for relief, not recreation

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 06:42 in Psychology & Sociology

When legal therapies let them down, some teens turn to cannabis. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy suggests that around a third of teens who smoke cannabis on a regular basis use it as a medication, rather than as a means of getting high...

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