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Shedding new light on marijuana’s anxiety relief effects

March 10, 2014 by

An international group led by Vanderbilt University researchers has found cannabinoid receptors, through which marijuana exerts its effects, in a key emotional hub in the brain involved in regulating anxiety and the flight-or-fight response.

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