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Research into the potential medical uses of marijuana compounds continues apace. Among the most recent, a study delved into why marijuana is an effective stress reducer. While not conclusive on their own, the results contribute to a longer-term possibility — that marijuana compounds may turn out...

In the second of our three-part series, we discuss whole plant medicine and share three additional terpenes that are common in cannabis You know that delicious, skunky aroma you get every time you crack open a jar of cannabis? That's thanks to important compounds in the plant called terpenes...

Cannabis analysis remains difficult Cannabis, both in the form of buds and leaves and a resin from the plant's hair-like trichomes, is an extremely common illegal drug. The main psychoactive component is Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or Δ9-THC, while the non-psychoactive cannabidiol, CBD, can also...

A Nevada company is hoping to develop new medicines for heart failure using compounds in marijuana and a novel therapy identified by a University of Hawaiʻi researcher. Alexander Stokes, assistant research professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at the John A. Burns School...

The research has been welcomed as providing potential clues for how Alzheimer's could be treated therapeutically and a manuscript of the preliminary findings have been published in the journal Aging and Mechanisms of the Disease. The scientists, from the Salk Institute in California, have...

The research has been welcomed as providing potential clues for how Alzheimer's could be treated therapeutically and a manuscript of the preliminary findings have been published in the journal Aging and Mechanisms of the Disease. The scientists, from the Salk Institute in California, have...