Cannabis Researchers Seek to Unlock the Healing Power of Pot

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Cannabis, the leafy group of plants including marijuana and hemp, is best known for the THC that gets people high. But cannabis can contain many other chemicals. Products with the non-intoxicating active ingredient CBD, for example, have spread widely over the past five years. Now pharmaceutical manufacturers, product researchers and investors are wondering what else the plants have to offer.