Francisco Navarrete is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Instituto de Neurociencias at Miguel Hernández University. He received a Doctorate from Universidad Miguel Hernández in 2012. He has an extensive and recognized background in the field of the neuropsychopharmacology of neuropsychiatric and addictive disorders and a wide knowledge of the principal animal models employed to evaluate the physiological, reinforcing, and motivational actions of drugs of abuse. In addition, he holds broad experience in several molecular biology techniques, especially in real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Since he initiated his research career in 2007, he has been enrolled in more than 20 funded Spanish grants, including the Spanish National Addictive Disorders Network, which integrates selected and renowned Spanish research groups focused on addiction. Among his scientific interests, he focused on studying the role of the endocannabinoid system in substance use disorders, being currently centered on the potential therapeutic usefulness of cannabidiol.