Background. The global increase in lenient cannabis policy has been paralleled by reduced harm perception, which has been associated with cannabis use initiation and persistent use. However, it is unclear how cultural attitudes towards cannabis use might affect the brain processes underlying cannabis use. Methods. Resting state functional connectivity (RSFC) within and between the executive...
Abstract Background Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons for medicinal cannabis use, yet the neural mechanisms underlying cannabis-related modulation of pain remain poorly understood. Both pain and cannabis use independently alter functional connectivity within the brain’s default mode network (DMN) that modulate interoception and self-referential aspects of pain processing. The goal...