Cannabis and Science: Identification of Research Networks with/about Cannabis Using the Lattes Platform

Abstract

The adoption of an international drug policy based on prohibition, which classified cannabis as an illicit drug, led to a scientific hiatus that lasted from the early 20th century until the 1960s, when Raphael Mechoulam established new milestones for cannabis science (discovery of THC, CBD, and the description of the Endocannabinoid System). Today, there is a growing interest in the plant and its medicinal and marketable attributes. Thus, this research aims to map the networks of researchers with/about cannabis in Brazil based on Lattes curricula. Curricula of 59 authors of articles on the subject were analyzed. Co-authorship relationships indicate different research network formations, ranging from advisor-advisee partnerships to collaborators within the same institution or different institutions. The results allow for the identification, mapping, and popularization of some of these research networks with and about cannabis in Brazil, within Health, Human Sciences, and Agrarian Sciences.