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[LongHairBri]

http://ca.news.yahoo...-134435371.html


Israeli scientists have cultivated a cannabis plant that doesn't get people stoned in a development that may help those smoking marijuana for medical purposes, a newspaper said on Wednesday.

According to the Maariv daily, the new cannabis looks, smells and even tastes the same, but does not induce any of the feelings normally associated with smoking marijuana that are brought on by the substance THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol.

"It has the same scent, shape and taste as the original plant -- it's all the same -- but the numbing sensation that users are accustomed to has disappeared," said Tzahi Klein, head of development at Tikkun Olam, the firm that developed the species.

"Many of our patients who tried the new plant come back to us and say: 'You tricked me,'" because they assumed they had been given a placebo, he said.

According to Maariv, Tikkun Olam sought to neutralise the effect of the THC and to increase the effect of another substance called CBD, or cannabidiol, which has been shown to help diabetics and to ease various psychiatric disorders.

Not only does it leave users stone-cold sober, it also doesn't induce the munchies, the hunger pangs that the drug's smokers generally suffer.

Despite the innovation, it is unlikely to have any impact on Israeli law, which outlaws the use of marijuana as illegal except for medical purposes.

According to figures published earlier this year by Sheba Medical Centre and the Israel Cancer Association, medical marijuana has been approved for use by about 6,000 Israelis suffering from various illnesses.

[Herb Cannabis]

You're fast lhb, I just heard this on Bob and Tom Show this very am! I wish that they would make this strain available to all MMJ patients that wanted it.

I am concerned about the ratio being so one sided, I have heard that we need other compounds as well for best results with this medicine. The Israeli's have been studying this for a long time, maybe they know something we/I don't.

[restlesslegs]

After learning about high CBD counts from people here I have studied on it and it is amazing what all it can help with, Much more then THC. I think they could make a plant that only isolated THC and leave the other cannabinoids intact. This would be great for people who have to work and might have to be tested for THC, as long as they allow us to use it without outlawing it's use too.

[Kevin]

They invented nothing. All they did was strip the THC which is just as vital for healing as every other compound contained in cannabis. Maybe they'll call it Bud Light.

It's the entire cannabis plant that heals us. Can't take something out and think it will be the same. Take the eggs or butter out of your cake recipe and tell me it's exactly the same. It's not.

They want us to take them seriously when they don't even refer to 'cannabis' by its proper name, perpetuating the hatred filled and racist 'm' word. Yeah right.