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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) - Michigan State University researchers will now further
their study into the effects of marijuana, after receiving more than $2 million
from the National Institutes of Health.
As Michiganders are getting ready to cast their
ballots this upcoming Election Day, the fate of legalizing recreational
marijuana is still up in the air, but that's not stopping researchers at
Michigan State University from getting a head start to see how the drug may
help those with HIV.
“It really takes an entire team of investigators to
do this,” said Norbert Kaminski, a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at
MSU.
As researchers all around the country are working to study the effects that marijuana has on our bodies, Kaminski will now work to figure out if marijuana can act as an anti-inflammatory and help slow down the mental decline that many HIV patients experience.
