The Israeli pharmacologist who kick-started marijuana research
[13.05.2012]
Half a century ago, Hebrew University Prof. Raphael Mechoulam isolated and synthesized THC, the main psychoactive compound in the cannabis plant. By ...
The neuroscience of pot
[11.01.2012]
Marijuana has been shown to have both anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) effects and to induce anxiety and psychosis in certain people. In schizophrenics, it ...
Marijuana may both trigger and suppress psychosis
[04.01.2012]
New research finds that the two main ingredients in marijuana have opposing effects on it. The study examined 15 normal men who had previously smoked ...
Combination of cannabinoids and opiates could help reduce chronic pain
[07.12.2011]
A UCSF study suggests patients with chronic pain may experience greater relief if their doctors add cannabinoids - the main ingredient in cannabis or ...
Study finds no cancer-marijuana connection
[25.05.2006]
The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer. The new fi ...
A tale of two cannabinoids
[01.01.2006]
This study examines the current knowledge of physiological and clinical effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) and presents a ra ...
Marijuana and Medicine
[01.01.1999]
The medical use of marijuana is surrounded by a cloud of social, political, and religious controversy, which obscures the facts that should be consid ...
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