In the latest example, these companies are fighting federal, state and local efforts to end the sale of menthol cigarettes products that make it easier for kids to start smoking and harder for smokers to quit and that these companies have intentionally marketed to Black communities at enormous cost in health and lives
Signs of a Problem Weed is often believed to be fairly unproblematic, in large part due to its less addictive nature, its acceptance by many in the medical community and its growing legality
We can study the inputs and outputs, we can study how neurons fire, and we can look at the overall state of the brain, but the individual subjective experience escapes us
You could smoke in restaurants, on airplanes, and pretty much anywhere else
You need long-term studies that image the brain where you follow people over the years and look with each person how their brain changes in response to their use pattern. Maxwell thinks we need to learn more about how marijuana affects people not just physiologically but also mentally and spiritually