D-limonene (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

D-limonene

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A Johns Hopkins Medicine-led team has shown that d-limonene (left side of graphic), an essential oil derived from citrus — and found in cannabis — significantly reduces feelings of anxiety and panic, without altering the desired effect of THC (right side of graphic), the primary psychoactive ingredient of cannabis.

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M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using public domain image

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