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Many countries, as well as some states in the US, have recently been taking steps to legalize the use of cannabis, but the long-term effects of using cannabinoids are still unknown. Cannibidiol (CBD), one of the compounds in the cannabis plant, is increasingly being self-administered to treat health conditions such as anxiety, chronic pain, and epilepsy without the overt effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the cannabis compound that causes a psychoactive high. The CBD industry is projected to reach $16 billion in the United States alone by 2025, and the compound is being administered to children to treat drug-resistant epilepsy in a clinical trial, according to The New York Times. The 2018 Farm Bill declassified CBD products containing less than 0.3 percent THC.
Anáhuac Mayab University neurobiologist Eric Murillo-Rodríguez researches the neurobiological effects of cannabinoids on sleep to understand their long-term effects on users, especially children with ...
