CBD-Rich Cannabis Oil Improves Social Behavior By Acting On ‘Love Hormone’ Pathway, New Study
To say that the cannabis plant is versatile and that it can affect people in many ways would be an understatement. In fact, with each new studies it is becoming more evident that when it comes to marijuana’s effects on people’s health and its medical potential we have just scratched the surface.
How is this possible? That’s only because the plant couldn’t have been freely and simply researched due to its legal status. Fortunately though, as more countries loosen their cannabis laws, more research is coming to light.
A new study by scientists from the University of Brescia in Italy at the Department of Molecular and Transnational Medicine reveals that CBD-rich cannabis sativa oil improves social interaction. The research conducted on mice was recently published in a Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research journal suggesting cannabis acting on the oxytocin pathway stimulates social interaction.
Oxytocin, often called the love drug, is a hormone produced in the hypothalamus and …