Beleaf What You Wanna Beleaf

In this episode, we’re getting into the weeds of cannabis research. Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in the world, but there is still so much we do not know about it.. To learn more, we spoke to two cannabis researchers: Dr. Steven Laviolette, a neurobiologist at The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, and Dr. Salomeh Keyhani, a general internist and a health services researcher at UCSF’s Veteran Affairs Medical Center. From our conversation with Steven, we got insight into his lab’s findings on THC and CBD as they relate to a number of neuropsychiatric disorders, his approaches to use these cannabis constituents to combat these disorders, the funding landscape of cannabis research, the Canadian cannabis industry, and his thoughts on the future of cannabis research. In our interview with Salomeh, we learned about her motivation to study cannabis, as well as her approaches to understand things ranging from its public perception to cardiovascular health effects.

This episode was written and produced by Stella Belonwu, and Seesha Takagishi. Music and sound effects from this episode were acquired from www.freesound.org.

Music and sound effects included in this episode: Samba Game Theme Loop by Daniel Noronha, Bostwana Dream & Slow Down by Goran Andrić, Harp by Pryght, One Ba Dum Tish Comedy Punchline Drums by djlprojects, Intro 1L72 by Sentuniman, Plucked Synth Loop by Stereo Surgeon, 130 bpm by LS, Slip the e to g by Aceinet, ReDub by Kkz, and Custom Groovy Beat by Monkeyman535.