Synthetic & Pharmaceuticals
Synthetic & Pharmaceuticals
Synthetic cannabinoids may affect the brain in different and unpredictable ways compared to cannabis.
Synthetic & Pharmaceuticals
While smoking cannabis appears to be helpful for diabetics managing weight and insulin levels, synthetic cannabinoids could be dangerous.
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Synthetic cannabinoids warrant careful scrutiny in relationship to vaping-related lung injuries.
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Synthetic cannabinoid binds with high potency to the CB1 receptor — about 10-20x higher than THC.
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Many drugs have been proposed as treatment for cannabis addiction, from pure THC or CBD-rich cannabis, to Ambien.
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Going by names like Spice and K2, synthetic cannabinoids are largely a result of prohibition.
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If there’s a gateway, it appears to be early opioid prescriptions, not cannabis.
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10 ways that scientists are targeting the endocannabinoid system with synthetic drugs.
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A neuroscientist critiques the New York Times report on "Spice," an illicit synthetic cannabinoid.
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In compiling a list of conditions that CBD may help, we examined hundreds of peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals.
