CBDs

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Retail activity has been a defining facet of cities since antiquity. The Greek Agora and Roman Forum may be viewed as the original CBDs—central business districts, or what urban planners call activity centers. Retail spaces have evolved over time. Urbanization, mass production and the rise of conspicuous consumption led to…

Throughout the 1990s, researchers looking into cannabis for its health effects began to unravel a mystery that culminated in the discovery of a whole new system in the body. Called the Endocannabinoid System (ECS), this vast network of transmitters, receptors, and enzymes can be thought of as a sort of “house manager” that keeps many of the other systems in your body in a healthy state of balance.What’s unique about your ECS is that it contains chemical agents called cannabinoids. These are special compounds that work to…