Treating Alzheimer's May Start With Testing Cannabinoids On Football Players
by The Daily Eye Team November 9 2016, 1:31 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 22 secsNeuroscientists are currently developing drugs derived from cannabidiol, one of the primary active compounds in cannabis, to treat chronic pain caused by brain injuries like concussions—the most common injury suffered by football players. Researchers suspect the same compounds also actively protect against chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated brain trauma, which is at the center of football’s ongoing public health crisis.