Re-inventing the Wheel - Cannabis and Cancer

Dr Peter McCormick of the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich is in the news again for his ongoing research on cannabis extracts and cancer.  The latest work is aimed at making a case for developing a synthetic alternative to cannabis which would have the same cancer treating properties but without any of the "unwanted side effects" of THC.

We have 5,000 years of recorded medicinal use with cannabis, The written history of medicinal cannabis goes back to around 2,700 BC, in the pharmacopoeia of Shen Nung, one of the fathers of Chinese medicine, so we should be pretty familiar by now with the issues cannabis use presents. So why take the risk with an unknown synthetic product? The answer sadly is perhaps more connected with either the government's reluctance to see cannabis portrayed as a beneficial substance or pharmaceutical company profits (or both) than any real medical advantage. ...

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