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What are trichomes and why do they exist on cannabis?
Patrick Bennett - Published on July 28, 2016Read moreLearn more about trichomes – those little crystals found on cannabis strains – including their function, the different types, and their lifecycle.
Fed Study Finds Medical Marijuana Laws Calm Cannabis Fears
Bruce Barcott - Published on July 26, 2016Read moreHow worried are you about the health risks of occasional cannabis consumption? It probably depends on whether you’ve experienced life in a medical marijuana state.
Can Cannabis Prevent and Treat Traumatic Brain Injury?
Jeremy Kossen - Published on July 24, 2016Read moreLearn more about cannabis as a potential treatment and prevention measure for traumatic brain injury (TBI), and find research conducted on the topic.
Cannabis and dreams: Halting long-term use can lead to one strange side effect
Bailey Rahn - Published on July 20, 2016Read moreIf you’ve ever taken a hiatus from your regular cannabis routine, you may have noticed one strange side effect once your eyes close for the night: your dreams change.
Why does cannabis get you ‘high’ and make you feel good?
Jeremy Kossen - Published on July 18, 2016Read moreLearn about the myths surrounding cannabis’s production of dopamine, and find out how cannabis really does give you that “high” happy feeling.
Is Cannabis Part of an Alzheimer’s Cure?
Gage Peake - Published on July 5, 2016Read moreNew study finds cannabinoids help rid brain cells of Alzheimer’s-linked proteins.
These ADHD Researchers Are Reading Your Posts for Insights on Medical Cannabis
Bailey Rahn - Published on June 29, 2016Read moreResearchers at Duke University took to online forums last month to learn more about how ADHD patients are self-medicating with cannabis, pushing over the first domino in what might become a series of novel scientific discoveries.
Leafly Medical Studies Roundup: Is Cannabis Addictive Because We ‘Prefer It Over Fruit’?
Bailey Rahn - Published on June 8, 2016Read moreNIDA concludes that long-term cannabis use is associated with altered activity in the brain’s reward processing pathways, plus studies on alcoholism and PTSD, liver cancer, and more.
Cannabis and Impulsive Behavior: How CB1 and CB2 Receptors Regulate Our Animal Instincts
Sponsored Article - Published on May 26, 2016Read moreImpulsive behaviors are often characteristic of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Could CBD from cannabis be the key to controlling them?
5 Things That Are Chemically Similar to a Cannabis High
Rebecca Kelley - Published on April 27, 2016Read moreThings as diverse as exercise to guilty pleasure foods can deliver sensations that are chemically similar to cannabis’s psychoactive effects.