Medical marvel: the uses of cannabis continue to grow
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Finn is one of a number of Irish scientists studying cannabis-like compounds to search out drugs for diseases such as chronic pain, anxiety, stroke, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease. “People have used cannabis for thousands of years for things like pain relief, but now we realise that the body has its own cannabis-like system...
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