[News Feed] Body's Own Marijuana-like Compounds Are Crucial For Stress-induced Pain Relief

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A new study shows, for the first time, that the release of the body's own marijuana-like compounds is crucial to stress-induced analgesia -- the body's way of initially shielding pain after a serious injury. The work, led by scientists at the University of Georgia and the University of California, Irvine, may yield a target for new drug therapies that will completely bypass the current arguments over the use of medical marijuana.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0628064435.htm