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Appetite downer awaits approval

A pill that works by putting the hunger induced by cannabis into reverse could jump-start a languishing market for obesity drugs, reports Meredith Wadman.

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Wadman, M. Appetite downer awaits approval. Nature 437, 618–619 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/437618a

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