Marijuana ointments as cancer treatments remain a distant prospect. 

And the same endocannabinoid system that translates marijuana's buzz-inducing compounds into a high plays crucial roles in health and disease outside the brain.

In young mice, THC had the opposite effect.

Academics partner with a biotech firm to investigate cannabinoids and develop potential therapeutics.

US scientists continue to have a hard time getting funding to study the health impacts of the drug. But cannabis research in Canada—where medical marijuana is legal nationwide—is different story.

A new report summarizes what we know about the impacts of marijuana use, as more states have legalized the drug for both medical and recreational purposes.

The US Drug Enforcement Agency continues to classify marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, however, perpetuating challenges for researchers.

A marijuana-derived compound shows continued success in treating children with a rare form of the seizure disorder. 

Oxytocin and social contact together modulate endocannabinoid activity in the mouse brain, which could help explain the prosocial effects of marijuana use. 

The marijuana-derived compound shows promise in treating rare forms of epilepsy that cause children to have seizures multiple times a day.