Cannabis - A field in flux.  Fifty years ago, cannabis was known as the drug most emblematic of counterculture. Today, many people promote it as a fount of treatments for almost any ailment imaginable. This immense about-turn is reflected in c…

Nabiximols kann Cannabiskonsum vermindern Sydney – Eine Substitution mit Nabiximols, einer Mischung aus Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) und Cannabidiol (CBD), hat in einer randomisierten Placebo-kontrollierten Studie in JAMA Internal Medicined…

EMCDDA. New EMCDDA report highlights greater diversity of cannabis products, increasing potency and the need for close monitoring of health effects  Cannabis products have become increasingly diverse in Europe and close monitoring of their pot…

The origins of cannabis smoking: Chemical residue evidence from the first millennium BCE in the Pamirs. Ren M, Tang Z, Wu X, Spengler R, Jiang H, Yang Y, Boivin N. Sci Adv. 2019 Jun 12;5(6):eaaw1391. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw1391. eCollection 2019 J…

Gen des Nikotinrezeptors schützt vor Cannabisabhängigkeit Aarhus – Menschen mit einer Genvariante im Nikotinrezeptor sind weniger anfällig für eine Cannabis-Abhängigkeit. Dies kam in einer genomweiten Assoziationsstudie in Nature Neuroscience…

Chinese tombs yield earliest evidence of cannabis use Researchers have uncovered the earliest known evidence of cannabis use, from tombs in western China. The study suggests cannabis was being smoked at least 2,500 years ago, and that it may have…