Summary of research findings on marijuana Review of literature ...
Summary of research findings on marijuana Review of literature ...
Summary of research findings on marijuana Review of literature ...
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How THC worksIn ‘80s and ‘90s, experiments revealedthat THC (and its synthetic analogues)bound to unique neur<strong>on</strong> receptor siteswhich were named CB-1• The discovery <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the receptors led tosearch for a naturally occurring brainchemical that bound to it• >>> discovered in the Israeli lab thathad first established that THC wasactive comp<strong>on</strong>ent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>marijuana</strong>.• * Named it anandamide (after Sanskrit“ananda” = “bliss”)
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