What the Endocannabinoid System and CBD Mean for Medicine
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is perhaps the most important of all systems in the body which regulate our health. However, the long-time prohibition of cannabis has led us to neglect it without realizing it – that’s because the system itself wasn’t discovered by researchers until the 1990s. The ECS is regulated by endocannabinoids, which the body produces itself, and phytocannabinoids, a group of compounds that appear to be very rare but are found in abundance in cannabis. Our newfound scientific understanding of the ECS and the body explains why many ancient cultures revered cannabis, and why it’s been a staple in...