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Article: POT CHEMICAL TESTED ON STROKES MARIJUANA INGREDIENT SHIELDS BRAIN CELLS OF RATS AGAINST DAMAGE.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- July 7, 1998
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Byline: Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Federal scientists have begun testing in rats a chemical from marijuana that they say appears to protect brain cells during a stroke.
It's far too early to tell if the chemical, cannabidiol, will help people, and it's unlikely anyone could get a protective dose by smoking marijuana, the scientists said.
But they called the research very promising, particularly because cannabidiol is not psychoactive - it doesn't cause the ``high'' or mild euphoric effects people get from smoking marijuana.
``This is a better candidate'' against stroke than other marijuana chemicals, said Aiden Hampson of the ...