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Ag News
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Animal Research Minute - Could marijuana help people who’ve experienced trauma? | | | Program 6247 (download mp3)
Posted on Wed, Oct 5, 2011 |
Well, according to AFP, new research with rats suggests marijuana could be a viable treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD. Scientists found that when rats were treated with marijuana within 24 hours of a traumatic experience the rats did not show symptoms of PTSD. Researchers stress the importance that the marijuana treatment needed to be administered within 1 day in order to prevent PTSD symptoms. While more research is needed, this study gives scientists hope that marijuana could also be used to help people avoid PTSD.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/marijuana-blocks-ptsd-symptoms-rats-study-171938511.html
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