SOME OF THE CHEMICALS IN MARIJUANA MAY PROTECT THE BRAIN FROM THE DAMAGE
CAUSED BY INJURIES AND STROKE,RESEARCHERS REPORTED MONDAY.

The chemicals,known as cannabinoids,work independently of marijuana's
better-known effects,which include a dreamy state,distortion of the senses
and a euphoric feeling known as a "high," Aidan Hampson and colleagues at
the National Institute of Mental Health found.

Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,Hampton's
team said cannabinoids could block the effects of other chemicals that kill
cells when oxygen is cut off-which is what happens a stroke caused by blood
clot.

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