Scientists Had Volunteers Get High to See How CBD and THC Affect the Brain Differently

By Ed Cara
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images)
Cannabidiol—the ingredient of cannabis that doesn’t make you high, commonly called CBD—might be the angel to THC’s devil, a new study of people’s brains suggests. The research found that 17 people who smoked cannabis with mostly THC had worse brain function in certain regions than those who smoked cannabis with roughly equal levels of THC and CBD.

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