Can the medically helpful ingredients in marijuana be put into a pill?
I assume the THC is what gives the medical benifit, could we extract it from the plant and put it into a pill?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to people smoking it, I'm just curious if it would be possible to get the same benifits from a pill.
Thanks
Answers:
Yes, a pill already exists called Marinol, produced by Solvay Pharmaceuticals. This drug treats nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conventional treatments. MARINOL also treats appetite loss associated with weight loss in people who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
It is also very heavily regulated by the FDA.
the only reason mary jane is illegal in the first place is because the first head of the fda banned all drugs and alcohol to boot. the ban on alcohol was overturned after 10 years, but the fact is there isn't a huge company from another country funneling funds into legalizing it like there was booze.
There are THC pills already, they're called marinol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/marinol...
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