Scientists have recently discovered an advantage in one of the most prevalent drug on the planet: the marijuana. According findrxonline article notes that a natural element contained in this banned substance provides protection to brain cells. The discovery has been published in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. According to the researchers, this substance, cannabidiol, has antioxidant properties that may act to protect brain cells during stroke. Cannabidiol, said the study’s lead author, Aidan Hampson, the American National Institute of Mental Health, “is not active in the brain receptors that allow marijuana to have euphoric effects. However, the expert insisted, “is still too early to say that this substance can get to protect people simply by smoking marijuana.” The results of this assertion comes from a study in rats which showed that the substance was very potent antioxidant effects in protecting the brain cells of these animals from the effects caused the stroke. Cannabidiol addition, experts are studying other compounds of marijuana for medical application. In fact, it is investigating the role of a substance called THC in the treatment of various diseases, including stroke. Currently, there is a drug called Marinol that contains THC to treat nausea experienced by many cancer patients.