A recent study published in the British Journal of Pharmacology looked into how psychedelics like LSD can affect the biological endocannabinoid system, otherwise targeted by cannabis compounds, which ...

In previous posts, I've laid the foundation for how cannabis works. Understanding THC’s interaction with the brain’s important natural cannabinoid chemistry and physiology will now make sense of the ...

The same brain machinery that responds to the active substance in marijuana provides a central "on-demand" protection against seizures, researchers have found. They said their discoveries suggest that ...

A study from Linköping University in Sweden found that high levels of the body’s cannabinoid substances potentially prevent the risk of addiction in individuals who experienced childhood maltreatment.

High levels of the body’s own cannabinoid substances protect against developing addiction in individuals previously exposed to childhood maltreatment, according to a new study from Linköping ...

Currently, in the United States, forty-six states and three territories have some form of a medical cannabis program. This has been a long struggle for advocates, however. Marijuana has been known to ...

Organophosphorus nerve agents activate the endocannabinoid system, the same one affected by Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. The finding could lead to a better ...

The natural cannabinoids of cannabis, in particular THC, act on the human organism in a way that is similar to the endocannabinoids, endogenous substances that carry out a multitude of functions in ...

“What goes up must come down,” and “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” are two laws of physics pronounced by Isaac Newton. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ...