Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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1 paper

Use of Cannabidiol for the Treatment of Anxiety: A Short Synthesis of Pre-Clinical and Clinical Evidence

Madison Wright, Patricia Di Ciano, Bruna Brands

This review looked at animal and human studies of cannabidiol (CBD) for anxiety. In animals, CBD often reduced anxiety-like behaviors at low or medium doses but sometimes increased anxiety at high doses. Small human studies and public-speaking tests suggest CBD might reduce anxiety in healthy people and in social anxiety…

Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
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