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Schizophrenia by Cannabis use

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

On drugs you will not be finished. Today: cannabis. The cannabis plant has several useful components. So the seed is edible, nutritious and healthy for humans and animals. Better known is the THC that dust from the flowers of the female plant is achieved. THC is a popular drug among young people. In Great Britain was investigated among 28,000 young people about their cannabis use and that of others. It demonstrates that one in six young British people have ever used cannabis. 11 percent find it especially cool to use, the rest used it to ‘life that cannot’. (more…)

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Marijuana without THC?

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

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Tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana. A group of American scientists have identified genes that produce it. According to researchers at the University of Minnesota (responsible for the finding), will now be able to produce a cannabis plant free from its narcotic effects.

THC genes are active in a small “hairs” that cover the flowers of the plant. Currently trying to “disable”. Doing so could result in a plant without THC. Because these hairs can be seen with a magnifying glass, plants with and without this substance could be distinguished visually.

THC has many applications for pharma. This discovery could help to develop better drugs to relieve pain, nausea and other disorders. Furthermore, THC is used to treat glaucoma and asthma. Also for insomnia. (more…)

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