Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Reefer Madness

Hope for cannabis-based drug for Alzheimer's - health - 18 October 2006 - New Scientist: "A compound derived from marijuana might one day help fight the memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.

Researchers have shown that a synthetic drug similar to cannabis can help older rats perform better on a spatial memory task.

Over a period of three weeks, Gary Wenk at Ohio State University in Columbus, US, and colleagues injected the brains of young and old rats with an inflammatory molecule that created an immune response in the animals’ brains which mimics that seen in Alzheimer’s patients..."

I could make some snotty comments about Ronald Reagan but I won't.

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