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Hand holding a lime-green gummy candy shaped like a bear, with several colorful gummy candies blurred in the background.
July 21, 2022

Children’s Hospital sees increase in children poisoned by THC in marijuana edibles

They resemble candy. They taste like candy. Some children have ended up in intensive care.

By Jessica Pasley
January 15, 2020

Study sheds light on link between cannabis, anxiety and stress

A molecule produced by the brain that activates the same receptors as marijuana is protective against stress by reducing anxiety-causing connections between two brain regions.

By Kelsey Herbers
Cropped grayscale illustration of a shirtless man clutching his lower back, with red shading highlighting the painful area.
February 28, 2019

Personalized pain management

Understanding how natural brain chemicals with pain-relieving properties interact with administered opioids may guide personalized approaches for pain management.

By Niyati Vachharajani
Cannabis leaves arranged beside assorted amber and white medicine bottles, including dropper bottles, on a white background.
February 26, 2018

Cannabis compound reduces seizures

Cannabidiol (CBD) oils reduced seizures in patients with difficult-to-treat epilepsy, Vanderbilt investigators have found.

By Leigh MacMillan
Stylized pink and purple brain with a white cannabis leaf overlaid at the center.
April 28, 2017

Regulating anxiety in the brain

Two brain signaling pathways have overlapping functions in regulating anxiety, suggesting that therapeutics aimed at one or the other will impact both.

By Leigh MacMillan
marijuana plant
December 1, 2014

Natural ‘high’ could avoid chronic marijuana use, Vanderbilt study finds

Replenishing the supply of a molecule that normally activates cannabinoid receptors in the brain could relieve mood and anxiety disorders and enable some people to quit using marijuana.

By Bill Snyder