Professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Dr. Mechoulam gives a brief history of Medical Cannabis, then describes the role of Cannabinoids as anti-inflammatory for arthritis, as neuroprotectant for brain injury and as a possible treatment for PTSD. Dr. Mechoulam first isolated THC in 1964.
National Geographic Explorer: Marijuana Nation - Dr. Raphael Mechoulam Marijuana is used medicinally to fight cancer, chronic pain, spasticity from multiple sclerosis, nausea and vomiting in HIV patients, as well as the nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy. As with any medicine, if properly used it has many benefits. It can even be used topically to stop some skin cancers. THC is proven to stop the most aggressive cancer in human brain cells. GWPharma - Sativex (MMJ) is in clinical trials. Science is indisputable, human behavior is not.
Raphael Mechoulam, while being a junior member at the Weizmann Institute of Science, succeeded in the isolation, structure elucidation and total synthesis of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active principle of marihuana. [...]Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiol, cannabigerol and various others. [...]
The International Cannabinoid Research Society established the "Raphael Mechoulam Annual Award in Cannabinoid Research" in 1999. [...]
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