大麻及其效果

大麻或CBD是药物中的活性成分cannabis，也称为大麻。CBD是大麻，后达到Δ-9-四氢油癌或THC的第二次识别的大麻元素。大麻含有超过400种不同的活性物质，具有THC和CBD仅为其60种不同的大麻素分子中的两个。

Effects of Cannabidiol

有越来越多的证据表明,CBD锅ential therapeutic benefits, including anticonvulsive, sedative, hypnotic, antipsychotic, and neuroprotective properties. It also has an anti-inflammatory effect, which in animal studies has been found to be several hundred times that of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).

这使其能够在各种形式的医疗大麻开发中使用的潜在高潜力。

A study comparing THC with CBD showed that some of the unpleasant aspects of the marijuana high, such as anxiety andparanoia，似乎是由THC引起的，并被CBD缓解。虽然复杂，研究表明了CBD的一些神经保护作用。研究比较慢性大麻吸烟者的大脑以及毛发样品的THC和CBD的量表明，虽然THC似乎具有神经毒性效应，但在大脑区域缩小灰质，CBD似乎对同一区域具有神经保护作用大脑。

另一项研究看着各种药物对痴呆发展的影响表明，CBD可能具有一些积极影响，包括减少帕金森病的人们的精神病症状。然而，它太早说CBD是否可用于预防痴呆症，医疗系统正在努力应对痴呆症，以应对衰老人群的疫情比例。还有一些研究表明，CBD可能会减少帕金森病的人们心理症的症状。

大麻中的大麻数量

Despite the current view that CBD appears to be both a positive agent in and of itself and a potential modifier of some of the negative aspects of THC, reports of how the constituents of cannabis have changed over the first decade of the 21st century are concerning. Typical reports of the amount of THC and CDB in cannabis has been around 4% of each substance. In contrast, "high potency" strains of marijuana that have been developed more recently, such as sinsemilla, or "skunk," are reported to contain 16-22% of THC, and less than 0.1% CBD. This might explain the recent increase in cannabis-related cases of精神病。