By ScienceDaily

Published November 26, 2010

An international team of immunologists studying the effects of cannabis have discovered how smoking marijuana can trigger a suppression of the body’s immune functions. The research, published in the European Journal of Immunology, reveals why cannabis users are more susceptible to certain types of cancers and infections.

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By ONDCP

Published November 16, 2010

Washington, DC—Today, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) highlighted recent data showing troubling increases in drug use among certain groups of minority teens, and urged parents and community leaders to act immediately to prevent drug use.

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By Matthew Hall

Published November 2, 2010 (Updated: November 3, 2010)

California voters rejected Proposition 19, the initiative that would legalize small amounts of recreational marijuana use statewide.

Fourteen years after approving marijuana for medical purposes, the state’s voters refused to make it legal for anyone 21 or older to grow, possess and use small amounts of pot. Possession would have been limited to less than an ounce, and cultivation to 25 square feet of private land, but marijuana would have remained illegal under federal law.

The measure would have allowed local governments to regulate and tax the commercial production, distribution and sale of pot to adults. Sales to minors would have been illegal, as would have possession on school grounds, use in public settings or smoking while minors are present.

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