The laws governing cannabis are evolving worldwide and associated with changing
patterns of use. The main psychoactive drug in cannabis is Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) …

The prevailing view in the field of adolescent brain development is that heightened activity in
the mesolimbic dopaminergic reward system serves as a liability, orienting adolescents …

Adolescence is an important ontogenetic period that is characterized by behaviors such as
enhanced novelty-seeking, impulsivity, and reward preference, which can give rise to an …

Background Adolescence represents a period of development during which critical
biological, as well as social and cognitive, changes occur that are necessary for the …

Cannabis use during the critical neurodevelopmental period of adolescence, may lead to
brain structural, functional, and histological alterations that may underpin some of the longer …

Cannabis use peaks in adolescence, and adolescents may be more vulnerable to the neural
effects of cannabis and cannabis-related harms due to ongoing brain development during …

Chronic use of drugs may alter the brain's reward system, though the extant literature
concerning long-term cannabis use and neural correlates of reward processing has shown …

Background Cannabis use may be linked with anhedonia and apathy. However, previous
studies have shown mixed results, and few have examined the association between …

Since its introduction in 2000, the monetary incentive delay (MID) task has been used
extensively to investigate changes in neural activity in response to the processing of reward …

Background: Cannabis is known to have a broad range of effects on behavior, including
experiencing a “high” and tranquility/relaxation. However, there are several adverse …