When it comes to medical cannabis, Japan is way behind the curve. Way, way behind. There is officially no legal access to medical cannabis in Japan. But some people are finding relief with hemp-derived CBD […]
Here’s an intriguing question: Why do our bodies, and those of other mammals, produce N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a potent psychedelic also found throughout the plant kingdom? The answer, perhaps disappointingly, is that we still don’t know. […]
A cannabinoid is any molecule that interacts with at least one of the body’s two cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2. This large class of chemicals can be divided into three parts: those produced by cannabis, […]
Buy Book Psychedelics are back in vogue. But this time around, it’s different. Gone is the controversial, transgressive, counterculture spin that psychedelics carried in the rebel 1960’s. The current psychedelic revival is pragmatic, goal-oriented, and […]
“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast” – Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet As you can see in my daughter’s favorite cartoon based on Aesop’s “Tortoise and the Hare,” the race goes to the slow […]
Recreational cannabis legalization is associated with reductions in prescription drug use. Enrollment in state-level medical cannabis programs increased more than four-fold between 2016 and 2020. According to a 2019 survey, more than a quarter of […]
Much as THC exerts the majority of its psychoactive effects through the CB1 cannabinoid receptor, the “classic” psychedelics – LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, and dimethyltryptamine (DMT) – are defined by activation of the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor. […]
Chirality. A word that many readers may not be familiar with. It’s a concept relevant to the cannabis plant’s diverse pharmacopoeia of cannabinoids and terpenes, and it may be a hitherto unknown facet of how […]
Following the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, last week, Fox News host Laura Ingraham blithely blamed the perpetrator’s “psychotic behavior” on his alleged marijuana use. Then she claimed without evidence that cannabis legalization is […]
April Fools’ Day 2022 has a special meaning for the UK CBD industry. That’s the day that hundreds of companies, after over a year of anxious waiting, would find out if their CBD products could […]
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