A new target for marijuana
Cellular-level changes to a part of the brain’s reward system induced by chronic exposure to the psychoactive component of marijuana may contribute to the drug’s pleasurable and potentially addictive qualities, suggests a study in young mice.
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171016132754.htm
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