Marijuana munchies are all in the brain, U.S. study finds
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 07:30
in Health & Medicine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - If recent laws legalizing marijuana in more U.S. states also boost sales of potato chips and brownies, scientists will know why: A study in mice published on Wednesday found, unexpectedly, that the active ingredients in pot essentially make appetite-curbing regions of the brain reverse functions.