Over the last few decades research on the cannabinoids has gone through several distinct phases: A. Research on the plant cannabinoids [mostly on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD)] B. Research on the endogenous cannabinoids [mostly on anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG)] C. Research on anandamide-like endogenous fatty acid amides with amino acids and ethanol amines. Thousands of publications have been published on the plant cannabinoids and some of them are already in use as therapeutic drugs. Of particular interest is CBD, which does not cause the typical cannabis …

Raphael Mechoulam, Ph.D., who is considered “the father of cannabis research,” will present the inaugural Mechoulam Lecture, which will commemorate the groundbreaking discoveries that have made contemporary cannabis science possible. Dr. Mechoulam is professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the Institute of Drug Research at Hebrew University in Israel.