Endocannabinoid System; Helpful, and Not the Same as Cannabis
Obviously, cannabis, weed, marijuana, etc. and its legalization have been a controversial, polemic, political hot button for the past 40+ years. However, this s...
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The Highs and Lows of Cannabis: Exploring the Science Behind the Endocannabinoid System
Cannabis is a plant that has been used for medicinal, recreational, and spiritual purposes for thousands of years. It contains over 100 active compounds ...
Endocannabinoid System: Marijuana as Treatment for Disease?
Endocannabinoids and the endocannabinoid system are a fairly recent area of study in the science world. When one just looks at the word “endocannabinoid,” proba...
Stimulating the Endocannabinoid System Without Cannabis
Artstract by H. Puppe Referred to as “the gate-way drug,” weed, Mary Jane, or pot, cannabis has been known by many for a long time. But many do not know ...
Obesity: What is the Role of Cannabis?
As cannabis is becoming legal throughout most of the USA, this makes researchers wonder what role cannabis plays in obesity. Obesity is a complex disease that i...
Uncovering the Truth Behind Cannabinoids
The use of cannabinoids such as marijuana have shown to have promising therapeutic effects on the brain such as reducing pain, promoting apoptosis in cancer cel...
Marijuana: Recreational Advocacy Sabotages Support for Medicinal Research
The taboo topic of marijuana is splitting America at state lines. While the drug is illegal on a federal level, Individual states are taking opposing stances on...
My Kind of High: Medical Marijuana and the Endocannabinoid System
Marijuana Marijuana: illegal, euphoria, high, decreased motivation and IQ, munchies, pain and anxiety relief, and potential future medication. These are only so...
Our Body’s “Chill Pill”
The endocannabinoid pathway is a pathway that the body does using naturally occurring endocannabinoids in the body. These endocannabinoids are neurotransmitters...
Why I Believe Marijuana Should Be Legalized.
In this blog post I am going to give my thoughts about why I believe Marijuana, otherwise known as “weed” or “cannabis” should be legali...