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Nature Medicine  7, 1099 - 1100 (2001)
doi:10.1038/nm1001-1099

Cannabinoid activity curtails cocaine craving

Daniele Piomelli

Department of Pharmacology University of California, Irvine Irvine, California, USA
piomelli@uci.edu

Behavioral studies demonstrate that the central mechanism involved in cocaine relapse is closely linked to the sites where marijuana has its effect, suggesting that cannabinoid receptor antagonists may be used as anti-craving agents. (pages 1151−1154)

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