title: Towards a better cannabis drug.
abstract: This commentary discusses the importance of a new study entitled 'Cannabidiol attenuates deficits of visuo-spatial associative memory induced by Δ(9) -tetrahydrocannabinol' by Wright et al. from the Scripps Institute in La Jolla, California. The results in this study show that the non-psychoactive cannabis constituent cannabidiol opposes some, but not all, forms of behavioural and memory disruption caused by Δ(9) -tetrahydrocannabinol in male rhesus monkeys.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This article is a commentary on the research paper by Wright et al., pp 1365-1373 of this issue. To view this paper visit http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.12199.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Drug Research, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mechoulam
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D002185:Cannabidiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects*; D013759:Dronabinol / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D002185:Cannabidiol; D013759:Dronabinol
keywords: CBD; THC; cannabidiol; cannabis; cognition; learning; memory; motivation; sensorimotor; Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol
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