Patient caught breastfeeding and instructed to stop: an empirical ethics study on marijuana and lactation
Marielle S. Gross, Margot Le Neveu, Kara A. Milliken & Mary Catherine Beach
Licensed and unlicensed cannabis outlets in Los Angeles County: the potential implications of location for social equity
Caislin L. Firth, Kristin M. Warren, Lilian Perez, Beau Kilmer, Regina A. Shih, Joan S. Tucker, Elizabeth J. D’Amico & Eric R. Pedersen
THC labeling on cannabis products: an experimental study of approaches for labeling THC servings on cannabis edibles
Samantha Goodman & David Hammond
Characteristics that influence purchase choice for cannabis products: a systematic review
Jennifer Donnan, Omar Shogan, Lisa Bishop, Michelle Swab & Maisam Najafizada
Delta-8-THC: Delta-9-THC’s nicer younger sibling?
Jessica S. Kruger & Daniel J. Kruger
Aims and Scope
The Journal of Cannabis Research is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that welcomes submissions covering all topics pertaining to cannabis. Our goal is to provide an outlet for experts across disciplines and foster innovation and collaboration, driving public discourse and around this timely issue and furthering this exciting area of research.
Read the aims and scopeJournal of Cannabis Research accepted to Scopus
We are delighted to announce that, from 2023, the Journal of Cannabis Research will be listed in the Scopus citation database. This will extend the visibility of our authors' research and build on our ability to provide an impactful, broad-scope forum for cannabis research.
Visit our Author Guidelines to submit to us today!
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Recreational Cannabis Legislation: substance use and impaired driving among Canadian rural and urban postsecondary students
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Anticancer properties of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and synergistic effects with gemcitabine and cisplatin in bladder cancer cell lines
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Cannabidiol improves haloperidol-induced motor dysfunction in zebrafish: a comparative study with a dopamine activating drug
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Combined ambient ionization mass spectrometric and chemometric approach for the differentiation of hemp and marijuana varieties of Cannabis sativa
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Processing and extraction methods of medicinal cannabis: a narrative review
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Delta-8-THC: Delta-9-THC’s nicer younger sibling?
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Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV): a commentary on potential therapeutic benefit for the management of obesity and diabetes
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Cannabis consumption is associated with lower COVID-19 severity among hospitalized patients: a retrospective cohort analysis
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Total and differential white blood cell count in cannabis users: results from the cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005–2016
Editor's Article Highlights from 2022
In Memoriam: Raphael Mechoulam
It is with great sadness that the Journal of Cannabis Research report the death of world-renowned cannabis researcher and our valued editorial board member, Raphael Mechoulam, PhD, on March 9, 2023.
Read a tribute from our Editor-in-Chief
Read MoreTruly multidisciplinary
Our journal welcomes all aspects of cannabis research, divided into the following sections:
- Agriculture and plant biology
- Commerce, business, and environment
- Endocannabinoid system
- Cannabis and cannabinoids biochemistry and genetics
- Cannabis and cannabinoids preclinical pharmacology
- Cannabis and cannabinoids clinical pharmacology
- Epidemiology and public health
- Cannabis-related disorders
- Medical cannabis
- History, regulation, and public policy
Thematic Series: The Two Sides of Hemp
Section Editor for Agriculture and Plant Biology, Dr Nirit Bernstein, is pleased to launch a new thematic series titled, "The Two Sides of Hemp: Medical and Industrial".
The collection aims to address hemp plant science; chemistry and cultivation; ethnobotany and regulations; medical and industrial uses of hemp and hemp products (such as cannabidiol); and differences between hemp and psychoactive cannabis.
Read MoreAbout the Institute
The Institute of Cannabis Research was established in June 2016 through an innovative partnership between Colorado State University Pueblo, the state of Colorado, and Pueblo County.
The ICR is the first US multi-disciplinary cannabis research center at a regional, comprehensive institution. The primary function of the Institute is the generation of knowledge that contributes to science, medicine, and society through investigation of the benefits and risks associated with cannabis. Research findings are used to translate discoveries into innovative applications that improve lives.
Journal of Cannabis Research is published in partnership with Colorado State University - Pueblo's Institute of Cannabis Research.
Visit the websiteAbout the Editor-in-Chief
David A. Gorelick, MD, PhD, DLFAPA, is Professor of Psychiatry (part-time) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, having retired in October 2013 from the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr Gorelick's research interests are the clinical pharmacology of substance use, substance withdrawal, and biological treatments of substance use disorders. His recent work focuses on cannabis (including its potential therapeutic uses), cocaine, and individuals with co-morbid psychiatric disorders.
Read moreThe Editor-in-Chief is a member of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors
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