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Psychedelic treatments are speeding towards approval — but no one knows how they work (www.nature.com)
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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hell there are a bunch of receptors in the brain that are called "cannabinoid receptors", because at the time of their discovery the only thing we knew about them was that they were activated by cannabis. Since then, we've developed a slightly wider understanding of their function in the body's normal operation, and yet the name still stands.

[–] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the only thing we knew about them was that they were activated by cannabis.

I probably should be sleeping. I know this because as I was reading, my eyes lost focus a bit and I read that as "activated by cannibals." Cue the confusion.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"activated by cannibals."

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