How CBD Works

How CBD Works

Learn how CBD interacts with your body's endocannabinoid system.

Listen to the Psychoactive podcast with Ethan Nadelmann and Project CBD director Martin A. Lee
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An interview with Bonni Goldstein, MD.
CBDA, CBD's raw botanical counterpart, shows promise as a therapeutic compound for treating cancer, anxiety, epilepsy, and treatment-resistant nausea and vomiting.
25 years of groundbreaking research — an annotated history.
Olive oil and endocannabinoid receptors
Olive oil has many health benefits, but only recently have scientists learned that important therapeutic attributes are mediated by the endocannabinoid system.
CBD and gene expression
CBD reduces brain cancer and breast cancer cell proliferation and metastasis by inhibiting the expression of the ID-1 gene.
Learn how CBD works with your body's endocannabinoid system.

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