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 ancient enzymes that existed millions of years ago. These early enzymes ...

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

Cannabis has been part of human culture for thousands of years, yet the molecular machinery that gives the plant its mind-altering and medicinal power has remained surprisingly obscure. Now a team of ...

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, ...

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 ...