Cannabis Extract Reduces Psychotic Symptoms

The antipsychotic effects of cannabidiol, a cannabis extract, are a little less mysterious now that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used to reveal exactly where cannabidiol exerts its effects in the brain. Cannabidiol, scientists based at King’s College London report, modulates activation in the striatum, the medial cortex, and the midbrain—three regions known to be involved in psychosis.The findings reinforce what scientists already suspected: cannabidiol seems