A team of scientists has taken a closer look at the origins of cannabis chemistry by reconstructing enzymes from ancient ...

Explore the fascinating world of drugs in ancient history, from the Scythians’ opium- and cannabis-laced vessels to Greek and Roman medical and ritual use. Learn how opium served as a painkiller, ...

Cannabis produces a complex suite of bioactive compounds, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), but how these molecules evolved has long been a mystery. Now, new research has ...

Scientists have uncovered how cannabis evolved the ability to make its most famous compounds—THC, CBD, and CBC—by recreating ...

This week in science: Scientists propose new standard measures for cannabis use; mysterious ancient lifeforms don't ...

Many anti-drug campaigners like to portray drug use as a scourge of the modern age - but people were actually smoking cannabis in the first millennium BC. An ancient tomb in the Himalayas shows the ...

Cannabis Sativa is an old plant with a long history. The word, sativa, comes from Latin and means "sown" or "cultivated." And, in fact, the hemp plant, Cannabis Sativa, has been cultivated by humans ...