If marijuana is the foreman, the cannabinoids are the construction crew. This post from Inverse Science explains how the chemicals in weed plot together to get you high! You might think of the process as simple: Light up a joint, inhale, let the dank gas permeate your lungs. But smoking pot is a lot more complex than you might think. Let’s start with the cannabinoids. They’re ... Continue Reading
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CBD: An Ideal Treatment for Schizophrenia
The marijuana compounds, THC and CBD produce opposite psychiatric effects. This post from Daily Exchange explains how CBD is an ideal treatment option for schizophrenia. According to new research at Western University, marijuana is the ultimate contradiction; at least when it comes to schizophrenia. This first-of-its-kind study, published in the journal Neuroscience, ... Continue Reading
STUDY: Realistic expectations of prepulse inhibition in translational models for schizophrenia research
ABSTRACT: Introduction Under specific conditions, a weak lead stimulus, or “prepulse”, can inhibit the startling effects of a subsequent intense abrupt stimulus. This startle-inhibiting effect of the prepulse, termed “prepulse inhibition” (PPI), is widely used in translational models to understand the biology of brain based inhibitory mechanisms and their deficiency in ... Continue Reading
STUDY: Potential Effects of Cannabidiol as a Wake-Promoting Agent
ABSTRACT: Over the last decades, the scientific interest in chemistry and pharmacology of cannabinoids has increased. Most attention has focused on ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆9-THC) as it is the psychoactive constituent ofCannabis sativa (C. sativa). However, in previous years, the focus of interest in the second plant constituent with non-psychotropic properties, cannabidiol ... Continue Reading
This Is How Smoking Pot Makes Us Feel
In this post from Popular Science, Alexandra Ossola presents a synopsis of science’s findings about how smoking pot affects our body. Our obsession with marijuana’s mystifying powers goes back a long time; though its first documented use was in 2727 BC, there’s some indication that our ancestors cultivated cannabis plants in the earliest days of agriculture. Since then, ... Continue Reading