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Marijuana-like brain substance calms seizures but increases aftereffects, study finds
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Marijuana-like brain substance calms seizures but increases aftereffects, study finds

by  Stanford University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Epileptic seizures trigger the rapid synthesis and release of a substance mimicked by marijuana’s most psychoactive component, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have learned. This substance is called 2-arachidonoylglycerol, or 2-AG, and has the beneficial effect of damping down seizure intensity. But there’s a dark side....