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COMING DOWN THE PIKE...
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Pharmaceutical Technology
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June 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Advanstar Communications, Inc. Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Anyone who lived through the '60s and remembers it undoubtedly had some experience-direct or otherwise-of tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingredient in marijuana. The drug produces what many consider to be pleasant effects on the nervous system, the likely reason for its popularity. And that led to two general conclusions. The first was that the drug mimicked some chemicals that could be made and found within the human body, and second, that these endogenous cannabinoids would most likely be found in the brain.
After many years of research, scientists are in fact uncovering signaling systems that operate via cannabinoid messenger molecules. But much to their surprise, the collection of ...
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