Marijuana, THC, and Medicine
The endocannibinoids play a vital role in regulation most of your brain and body functions. Without endocannibinoids, we are unable to function properly. Endoca...
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MS's new treatment?
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system and is often a disabling disease. The body begins to attack the fatty l...
Anorexia and Cannibinoids
You know what really grinds my gears? Anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a widely known eating disorder that afflicts around 8 million Americans a year. Anor...
Canninbinoids: Saving the Brain
The endocannibinoid system has very complicated interactions within the brain. A very important role of this system is to control the rate of synaptic transmiss...
Athletes and Marijuana?
From high school to professional sports, it seems like we are hearing more and more about concussions these days. But what actually is a concussion? According t...
An Unorthodox Treatment
Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC is the active chemical in marijuana responsible for the mind-altering effects and has grabbed the attention of many Americans. In th...
Frying Brain Tumors with Marijuana
Cannabinoids are a class of compounds including and related to marijuana’s active ingredient- tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which have both psychoactive effects (...
Cannabinoids, the fear and perhaps, the promise.
The Fear Cannabinoids have been making quite a stir in America long before the the active component, THC, was discovered in the 60’s. Reefer Madness has b...
Tough Questions with Science: Marijuana’s THC vs. The Body’s Endocannabinoids
Some day it will happen, I just know it. As a future educator it is my job to get my students out of their seats and diving headfirst into science. WHY? WHY? WH...
Cannabis: preventing brain damage instead of causing it?
Seizures are the physical changes in behavior that are observed after a period of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Seizures can be caused by a variet...