The factors led to cannabis being regulated differently and prohibited in the early decades of the 20th century were fueled by politics, greed and racism. Not science. Cannabis has been used as a food, a fiber, and a medicine for thousands of years in many different countries and cultures. In the US it has…
THC is one of the main cannabinoids found naturally in the cannabis plant; its chemical structure was discovered in the 1960s in Israel[i]. However, since 1970, cannabis has been listed by the federal government as illegal and a schedule 1 drug, with no medicinal value and high abuse potential[ii]. Contrary to that, we do know…
The liver is our major detoxifying organ. It plays an important protective role in drug metabolism in oral preparations that go through first-pass metabolism[1]. A group of enzymes in the liver is part of the cytochrome P450 system. It allows us to metabolize drugs we ingest orally. Often the liver metabolizes drugs into inactive compounds…
Drug development today is a long, arduous, and expensive proposition. Since the first half of the 20th century, the standard of care in medicine and the pharmaceutical industry is developing medications using nationally standardized protocols for medication safety and efficacy along with precision dosing for any new drug. Formulation development of drugs is key to…
At the present cannabis is only used to treat the symptoms from the side effects of cancer therapy. In the U.S. today, in many states, cancer therapy may include cannabis, used as an adjunct therapy to treat the side effects of chemotherapy. Cannabis’ anti-emetic properties treat nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy as well as…