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Science & Technology

A substance in the body that mimics marijuana can quench pain when it acts
outside the brain, suggesting a new class of painkillers. Anandamide is
produced in the body and pushes the same chemical buttons in the brain that
marijuana does to produce its effects. A new study involving mice, outlined
in the journal Nature, shows that anandamide and a chemical cousin called
PEA can suppress pain by pushing chemical buttons in tissues outside the
brain, too.

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