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Published online 12 April 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010412-8
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Cannabis-like compounds in the brain control appetite.
Cannabis users know all too well the hunger that strikes after a smoke. Now researchers in the United States confirm that molecules in the brain, similar to those found in cannabis, have an everyday role in controlling food intake.
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