Health Cannabis health information including its use as a treatment for ailments and safety considerations. Health CBD Week Is Coming Nick Jikomes Get Ready for CBD Week THC is the most famous molecule found in Cannabis. It is the most abundant cannabinoid found in the plant and its the key ingredient that gets you high. However people are starting to talk more and more about another major cannabinoid one that doesnt get you high but does have a lot of medicinal potential: cannabidiol or CBD. In fact CBD has become one of the most highly searched terms on Leafly and there has been an explosion of research associated with this molecule in recent years (Figure 1). Figure 1: Total number of CBD-related research studies returned by a PubMed search for each year since 1970. PubMed is a free search engine and database maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. A total of 5449 CBD-related studies published between 1970 and 2015 appear in the database. But how does CBD actually work and why does it have so many potential medical applications? This week in a special series of articles well begin to explore these questions focusing on CBDs actions within the central nervous system and how they relate to its lack of psychoactivity and its potential for aiding the treatment of disorders of motivation such as anxiety and addiction. Heres a preview of whats ahead: On Monday Ill kick things off with an article about CBDs actions in the brain CBD and the Brain: What does it do and what is it good for?. After that Leaflys deputy editor Bruce Barcott will answer the question Why is CBD Not Psychoactive? and well learn even more about CBD biology and whats going on in the research world from a Qamp;A with Dr. Yasmin Hurd professor of Neuroscience Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics at Mount Sinai Medical School. Later in the week Leafly contributing writer Jeremy Kossen will tell us aboutCBDs anti-anxiety properties and Leafly editor and strain expert Bailey Rahn will close off the series by telling us what role CBD might play in the treatment of opioid addiction. Keep an eye out for other CBD-related content including strain recommendations and content in our politics section. All of this content will be labeled with a CBD Week tag on their graphic (similar to this one). cannabinoidscbdCBD Weekhealthresearch Nick Jikomes Nick is Leafly's senior science advisor. He completed his Ph.D. in neuroscience at Harvard University in 2016. Recent Health News European Pet Owners Find Cannabis Can Benefit Their Furry Friends Too Does Cannabis Interact with Antidepressants? Can CBD and THC in Cannabis be Used for Glaucoma Treatment? Dont Laugh. Rectal Suppositories Could Be the Future of Medicinal Cannabis. Learn More About CBD Cannabis 101 Can CBD Undo the Anxious Side Effects of THC? Strains amp; Products Which Cannabis Strains are High in CBD? Politics UK Halts CBD Sales The post CBD Week Is Coming appeared first on Leafly. by Nick Jikomes at Leafly