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To: Stan who wrote (17692)2/28/2008 6:44:08 AM
From: Gersh Avery  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25737
 
Yes

THC has already been approved by the FDA.

The DEA urged the FDA to reschedule it, after it was first approved, from a schedule 2 to schedule 3. Which they did.

That means that if your doctor thinks it'll work for your skin rash, he can proscribe it for you.

One problem is that it costs about $3000 for a months supply.
Doesn't work as well as the much less expensive plant, but it's in a pill form.

A combination of THC and CBD has been produced by a UK company. It's in a spray form. It's called Sativex. I think it's available in Canada.

Sativex was being tested in the UK as a treatment for diabetes.
I don't know if it still is. Someone died during the testing. Unlikely from the marijuana extract. If it was, it would be the first recorded death from marijuana in history.

BTW it's estimated that to die from marijuana someone would have to consume about 1,500 pounds in ten minuets.



To: Stan who wrote (17692)2/28/2008 7:00:48 AM
From: Gersh Avery  Respond to of 25737
 
BTW CBD doesn't get you high.



To: Stan who wrote (17692)2/28/2008 7:32:54 AM
From: Gersh Avery  Respond to of 25737
 
Sativex: sativexinfo.org

THC: marinol.com



To: Stan who wrote (17692)2/28/2008 8:05:05 AM
From: Gersh Avery  Respond to of 25737
 
Another note for those paying attention.

Most of the black market marijuana in the US has little CBD in it. Most efforts to produce high quality pot have managed to increase the quantity of THC at the expense of the CBD content.

It requires effort to identify a plant that has both in it.

While avoiding the punks that just want to make a quick buck and get high.