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A paper which compares an article from the Chicago Tribune on the medical use of marijuana with a textbook chapter on the physiology and neurology of the brain. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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McFarlings article, "Natural form of marijuana in humans a medical mystery" opens by linking
the scientific aspect of the article with current social and political themes, namely, the debate over the legalisation of medical marijuana. The author then goes on to summarise medical uses
of cannabis which are already known, such as blocking pain and triggering hunger, and asserts that recent research shows the cannabinoids are not only naturally present in the human system
in large quantities but that they may have a number of other medical uses, such as protecting the brain from stroke.
McFarling points out that cannabis has been used medicinally in other cultures for thousands of years, to treat headaches, snakebite, labour
pains and gynaecological conditions, amongst others. However, in the 1990s it was discovered that there is a naturally occurring chemical in the human brain, anandamide, which has a similar but
less potent effect to cannabis, nicotine and cocaine. Studies have shown that these natural cannabinoids perform various functions, including synchronising timing of fertilisation, acting on the immune system and
protecting brain cells from stroke and trauma damage. A recent study also showed that cannabinoids block the formation of new memories, which might indicate that they have an important role
to play in the way that short term and long term memory is organised. The more powerful action of marijuana on the brain has for some time been associated with
varying degrees of memory loss. Scientists have therefore considered the possibilities of improving memory by blocking the action of natural cannabinoids. In addition, studies on animals have shown that cannabinoids
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