RECEPTORS IN THE BRAINSTEM

THE CONCENTRATION OF CANNABINOID RECEPTORS IN THE BRAINSTEM IS LOw, SPECIfiCALLy THE AREA RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTROLLING BREATHING AND HEART RATE. THAT’S wHy IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DIE FROM USING CANNABINOIDS. IN FACT, THERE

HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED DEATHS ExCLUSIVELy AttRIBUTABLE TO CANNABIS OVERDOSE. THIS CONTRASTS TO OUR BODy’S OPIOID SySTEM, wHICH HAS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF OPIOID RECEPTORS IN THE BRAINSTEM. WHEN TOO MANy OPIOIDS (SUCH AS MORPHINE, OxyCODONE AND HyDROCODONE) ARE TAKEN, wE MAy STOP BREATHING. THIS IS wHy MANy HCPS CONSIDER CANNABIS TO BE AN AttRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE OPTION TO OPIOIDS.