by idgadvertisingold | Aug 10, 2015 | Endocannabinoid System, Science, THC
Up to this point, we haven’t spoken much of the body’s own endocannabinoids. As a quick refresher, the endocannabinoid system consists of receptors and enzymes that metabolize any cannabinoids bonding to those receptors. However, our cannabinoid receptors do not exist...
by idgadvertisingold | Jul 28, 2015 | Endocannabinoid System, Medicine, Science
These are exciting times for a cannabinoid researcher; new information must constantly be integrated with the growing body of knowledge surrounding the endocannabinoid system. At times, that new information can even flip our understanding of the system on its head....
by idgadvertisingold | Jul 15, 2015 | Endocannabinoid System, Medicine, Science
Greetings readers, we’ve just returned from the 2015 International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) conference. ICRS describes itself as “a non-political, non-religious organization dedicated to scientific research in all fields of the cannabinoids, ranging from...
by idgadvertisingold | Jun 18, 2015 | Endocannabinoid System, Medicine, Science
Pain management is one of our most revisited topics here on the Cornerstone blog. Our commitment to reporting studies related to pain management should come as no surprise to readers; pain relief accounts for a substantial portion of all medical cannabis use. Usually...
by idgadvertisingold | Jun 12, 2015 | Endocannabinoid System, Science, THC
In popular culture, we like to think of an inventor as someone who notices a problem, thinks really hard about a solution, and solves that problem with a novel device or approach. Oftentimes however, discovery proceeds in reverse: first a solution is found and then a...
by idgadvertisingold | Jun 5, 2015 | Medicine, Science, THC
You may have already seen this month’s issue of Time Magazine; it features a lab rat smoking a joint. Ten years ago, if someone had told me that this would be the cover of a fairly conservative magazine aimed at middle-age readers, I would have laughed. However, the...