A receptor that cannabis latches onto in the brain could be a promising target for future mental health treatments. Experiencing chronic stress is known to leave people vulnerable to depression or ...

CHS is a condition marked by abdominal pain, nausea, and persistent vomiting linked to prolonged heavy cannabis use. This ...

When faced with chronic stress, why do some people develop anxiety and depressive symptoms while others show resilience? A protein that acts as a cannabinoid receptor and is present in the structure ...

In From Bud to Brain, I traced how marijuana research gradually morphed from focusing on the cannabis plant (botany) to exploring the brain’s natural endocannabinoid system (neuroscience) and, ...

When faced with chronic stress, why do some people develop anxiety and depressive symptoms while others show resilience? The results of studies in mice, headed by researchers at Université Laval, ...

The first thing that comes to mind for most people when thinking about the term cannabinoid is the best-known representative of the substance group—tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. THC is the principal ...

Here at A3, we believe in equal opportunity. We recognize that saying we have an addiction problem is not the same as saying we have a drug use problem and that just because some people abuse ...

BORDEAUX, France — Could AEF0117, a drug that has a novel mechanism of action in the brain, be the drug to fight cannabis addiction? Results from a phase 2a clinical trial that examined the efficacy ...

A cannabinoid our bodies produce naturally has been found, in a new study, to play a role in the inappropriate regulation of fear responses characteristic of conditions like anxiety and PTSD. The ...

THCP is a naturally occurring cannabinoid and is the latest of 120 compounds in the cannabis plant, which was identified by scientists in 2019. This newly discovered cannabinoid has been highlighted ...