How experimental cannabinoid studies will inform the standardized THC unit

how to report the experimental studies?

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How Will Section 1115 Medicaid Expansion Demonstrations Inform Federal Policy?

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act allows the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and states to test innovations in Medicaid and other public welfare programs without formal legislative action. Six states currently operate their Medicaid expansions as demonstrations and several more are expected to seek permission to do so. While the current Medicaid expansion demonstrations vary,...

Beyond THC: The New Generation of Cannabinoid Designer Drugs

Synthetic cannabinoids are functionally similar to delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive principle of cannabis, and bind to the same cannabinoid receptors in the brain and peripheral organs. From 2008, synthetic cannabinoids were detected in herbal smoking mixtures sold on websites and in "head shops" under the brand name of Spice Gold, Yucatan Fire, Aroma, and others. Although th...

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How Will Kinetics and Thermodynamics Inform Our Future Efforts to Understand and Build Biological Systems?

When I started graduate school, we were taught that every protein has a single unique three-dimensional structure that defines its function. Thirty years later, it is now clear that many proteins include domains that assume different structures in response to binding partners or small molecules. Likewise, RNA molecules can form kinetically trapped intermediates that slowly refold into their fun...