Cannabis Research
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Does Disclosing Cannabis Use Affect ER Opioid Prescribing?
For someone arriving at an emergency department with a painful injury, mentioning cannabis use may come with an uncomfortable question: will this change how seriously the clinician takes their pain or what medication they receive?A new study offers a cautiously…
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How Cannabinoids Alter the Brain’s Threat Response
Cannabis can feel calming in one situation and unsettling in another. That apparent contradiction raises a useful question: what changes inside the brain when cannabinoid exposure makes a threatening experience feel harder to approach?A new study published in Nature Communications…
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Can Attachment-Based Therapy Help Teens With Cannabis Use?
Teen Cannabis Use Disorder: Why Emotional Support MattersWhen an adolescent struggles to control cannabis use, the most visible issue is consumption. The less visible questions may be just as important: What happens before they use? What feelings are they trying…
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Endometriosis Symptoms, Negative Tests, and Cannabis Use
For someone living with persistent pelvic pain, a diagnosis can offer an explanation and a clearer path toward treatment. But what happens when surgery and tissue testing do not confirm suspected endometriosis? The symptoms can remain, along with questions about…
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CBN Under UV Light: What It Means for Cannabis Stability
CBN often appears in explanations of what happens when cannabis ages. THC can degrade into cannabinol, making CBN part of the familiar story about changing cannabinoid profiles. But that story does not necessarily end with CBN.A new study in Tetrahedron…
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Edible THC Study Raises Questions About Early Brain Development
Edibles change how cannabis enters the body, but they do not remove its active compounds. That distinction matters during pregnancy, when avoiding smoke can easily be mistaken for avoiding every concern associated with cannabis exposure.A new study in rhesus macaques,…
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Can Spider Silk Proteins Improve Hemp Yarn?
Hemp has a long history as a textile crop, but making it competitive in modern manufacturing requires more than growing strong stalks. Manufacturers need yarn that behaves consistently as it passes through machines and becomes fabric. Natural variations in cultivation…
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How Cannabis Drying Shapes Terpenes and Flower Quality
A cannabis harvest can look exceptional and still disappoint by the time it reaches a consumer. Its aroma may fade, its texture may become brittle, or its microbial counts may rise. Genetics and cultivation matter, but the final product also…
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Could CBD Help the Body Resolve Joint Inflammation?
Most discussions about CBD and arthritis begin with pain relief. Can an oil ease discomfort? Could a cream make stiff joints more manageable? Those are reasonable questions, but they leave out another possibility: whether a cannabis-derived formulation could influence how…
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Can Cannabis Become a Source of Natural Pesticides?
Cannabis is usually discussed as something farmers grow and protect. An emerging research field reverses that relationship: compounds produced by cannabis could help protect other crops. Cannabinoids, aromatic terpenes, and other plant chemicals are being investigated for their ability to…
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CBD Implant Targets Inflammation After Brain Injury
A cannabis compound may have a future in brain injury treatment, but getting it to the right place could be just as important as choosing the right molecule. Researchers have developed an experimental sponge that releases cannabidiol, or CBD, directly…
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THCA and CBDA: What Brain Research Actually Shows
THC and CBD dominate conversations about cannabis medicine, but they are only part of the plant’s story. Living cannabis plants primarily produce acidic cannabinoids, including tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), and cannabigerolic acid (CBGA). Scientists are increasingly studying these…
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Does Cannabis Cause Violence? What a New Review Can Tell Us
Does cannabis use increase the likelihood of violence? A new review reports an association, but answering that question requires more than repeating its headline numbers. The findings change substantially depending on who was studied and how researchers measured cannabis use…
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What Brain Scans Reveal About Prenatal Cannabis Exposure
When researchers study cannabis use during pregnancy, they often look for differences they can observe after birth: birth weight, attention, learning, or behavior. A new study in Translational Psychiatry1 asks a question between those endpoints: do children with reported prenatal…
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Cannabis Stem Extract Counters BPA Effects in Cells
Cannabis research usually begins with the flower. That is where THC, CBD, and many of the plant’s best-known compounds are concentrated, so it naturally attracts most scientific and commercial attention. A new study suggests that the largely overlooked stem may…
