‘Pot Munchies’ Brain Compound Is Key to Anti-Obesity Pill
In figuring out how to turn off "the munchies" in sober people, scientists may just have synthesized the next wonder drug. | storyReuters: LONDON — A marijuana joint might seem an odd starting point in the search for weight-loss secrets.
Yet a compound switching off the same brain circuits that make people hungry when they smoke cannabis looks set to become the world’s first blockbuster anti-obesity medicine, with sales tipped by analysts to top $3 billion a year. | story
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