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    Vad tror ni själva? Föredrar ni naturlig cannabis eller syntetiska kemikalier som framställts av läkemedelsföretag i vinstintresse? Tycker att det är en ren skandal.. De förbjuder cannabis, ljuger om dess farlighet och framställer sedan syntetiska droger som de kan tjäna pengar på. Skandal var ordet.

    US: Marijuana Drug Touted As A Safe Pain Reliever
    URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n1559/a02.html
    Newshawk: CannabisLink.ca (http://cannabislink.ca)
    Pubdate: Thu, 22 Aug 2002
    Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
    Copyright: 2002, The Globe and Mail Company
    Contact: [email protected]
    Website: http://www.globeandmail.ca/
    Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168
    Author: Andre Picard

    MARIJUANA DRUG TOUTED AS A SAFE PAIN RELIEVER

    U.S. researchers say they have derived a drug from marijuana that relieves pain without the mood-altering, giggle-inducing side effects.

    And you don’t need to roll it and smoke it, either.

    Sumner Burstein, a professor of molecular pharmacology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass., said the drug, called ajulemic acid, could improve treatment of a variety of conditions, including chronic pain, arthritis and multiple sclerosis. “We believe that ajulemic acid will replace Aspirin and similar drugs in most applications primarily because of a lack of toxic side effects,” he said.

    “The indications so far are that it’s safe and effective.”

    Dr. Burstein presented the findings yesterday at the American Chemical Society meeting in Boston, the world’s largest scientific conference.

    To date, most of the research looking at the drug’s ability to control pain and inflammation has been done on animals. Ajulemic acid is also called CT-3.

    Two human trials, involving only 35 patients, have been conducted, but results are not yet available, Dr. Burstein told the conference. The findings have not been peer reviewed, so could be viewed with some skepticism.

    The principal pain-killing compound in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC ); but THC is also what makes pot smokers high.

    Ajulemic acid is a synthetic derivative of THC. In animal tests, it was up to 50 times more potent than THC as a pain-killer. People who took the drug did not experience any of the mood-altering effects usually associated with marijuana.

    Dr. Burstein said the new compound is far more potent than Aspirin and ibuprofen, but does not appear to have the same side effects, namely gastrointestinal problems.

    With an increasing number of medically beneficial compounds being found in marijuana, researchers have been searching for years for ways to use these compounds therapeutically without the associated high. They have had little success.

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