Tag: Cannabinoids
People produce endocannabinoids – similar to compounds found in marijuana –...
Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina
Over the past two decades, a...
Cannabis holds promise for pain management, reducing the need for opioid...
Benjamin Land, University of Washington
Drug overdose deaths from opioids continue to rise in the U.S. as a result...
Nature is the world’s original pharmacy – returning to medicine’s roots...
Ashu Tripathi, University of Michigan
While humans evolved over a period of approximately 6 million years, breakthroughs in modern...
How do painkillers actually kill pain? From ibuprofen to fentanyl, it’s...
Rebecca Seal, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences and Benedict Alter, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
Without the ability to...
The ‘runner’s high’ may result from molecules called cannabinoids – the...
Hilary A. Marusak, Wayne State University
Many people have experienced reductions in stress, pain and anxiety and sometimes even...
Weed withdrawal: More than half of people using medical cannabis for...
Lara Coughlin, University of Michigan
CC BY-NDIn stark contrast to the overblown fears portrayed during decades past, these days, most people think cannabis is relatively...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
