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To: Dale Baker who wrote (120707)	9/9/2009 2:47:17 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542019

>>Has anyone found a natural or synthetic way to distribute THC without smoking it? That could have a lot of health benefits over alcohol, but not if it trashes the lungs.<< Dale - Yes. There are plenty of ways. You can eat it. At the Medical Marijuana clinics here in California, you can buy brownies, cookies, and lollipops. You can extract the oil from pot plants, too. The oil can be either smoked or eaten. Or used in a suppository, for that matter. Synthetic THC is available in pill form. It's called Marinol. It was prescribed to me when I was on chemo. - Allen

To: Dale Baker who wrote (120707)	9/9/2009 3:03:20 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542019

Yeah, what Allen sez. I've been told Marinol a) isn't nearly as effective b) not much good for the treatment of nausea. There is also a spray form...puffers like I administered for asthma, I think.. en.wikipedia.org gwpharm.com Chemovars. How GW Pharmaceuticals grow cannabis for Sativex manufacture permalink -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GW Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Sativex, is licensed by the UK Home Office to cultivate cannabis plants and cultivation of GW's first cannabis varieties or “chemovars” began in August 1998. The initial crop was grown from seed but all subsequent chemovars have been grown from cuttings or “clones” so that they are genetically identical. This ensures that the ratio of plant constituents is fixed within narrow limits. Growing from clones does not involve genetic modification but does ensure that plants are selected according to their cannabinoid composition. GW's botanical research team continues to develop new chemovars expressing different cannabinoid contents which will form the basis of future research. GW's cannabis plants are grown in highly secure computer-controlled glasshouses. All aspects of the growing climate, including temperature, humidity, air change and photoperiod, are computer-controlled. By very carefully controlling the growing environment, GW ensures plant material is grown to very strict pharmaceutical standards and that growth is phased to ensure continuity of supply throughout the year. Cultivation capability has been increased to cater for commercial supply of our first product Sativex®. Pharmaceutical production has also been scaled up both in-house and through external contractors to provide sufficient capacity to manufacture product for tens of thousands of patients. Laboratory analysis of selected chemovar lines demonstrates that the cannabinoid ratios are very consistent. Such high levels of consistency are unusual in plants and are very important in applications made to medical regulatory authorities. Source: GW Pharmaceuticals 420magazine.com Also, related by blood and therefore banned, is hemp..fiber, food,fuel, erosion control etc.