National Geographic on marijuana science: An embarrassment of riches

Jeannie Herer

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Microscope image of cannabis trichomes, which contain the plant's main active ingredients, the cannabinoids. (By David Downs)

Microscope image of cannabis trichomes, which contain the plant’s main active ingredients, the cannabinoids. (By David Downs)

The June issue of National Geographic features an in-depth look at the science and medicine of cannabis that’s guaranteed to open a few minds.

NatGeo hangs out with the discoverer of THC, Raphael Mechoulam, who reports: “We have just scratched the surface … we may well discover that cannabinoids are involved in some way in all human diseases.”

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