Nature – NATUREOutlook – Cannabis Supplement

(2015) Michelle Grayson, Ed. Nature, Vol. 525 No. 7570_supp ppS1-S18.

Cannabis has been cultivated for millennia, but has been largely absent from scientific research during the past century. The herb is undergoing a resurgence of botanical and biomedical interest, spurred by claims of its therapeutic benefits. Yet research into these claims lags behind the legislation that allows medical marijuana use. Scientists are racing to fill this cannabis knowledge gap.