I am Pharmacologist interested in analgesics and other psychoactive drugs, particularly cannabinoids and opioids. My lab studies how opioids, cannabinoids and related molecules interact with G protein coupled receptors and ion channels to exert their effects. Currently my work is focussed on how clinically used opioids interact with naturally occuring variants of human opioid receptors, the pharmacology and toxicity of emerging synthetic cannabinoid receptors agonists (Spice/K2) and the molecular mechanisms underlying the potential therapeutic actions of cannabis and its components.