Painkiller kills the bad effects of pot

摘要

Marijuanas undesirable effects on the brain can be overcome by using painkillers similar to ibuprofen, at least in mice. Chu Chen and his colleagues at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans treated mice with THC, marijuanas main active ingredient. They found that THC impaired the animals' memory and the efficiency of their neuronal signalling, probably by stimulating the enzyme COX-2.