Drugmaker to test fat-fighting marijuana drug

[edbermac]

FUCKEN AWESOME!! Now we don't have to worry about ballooning up when we get the munchies. :hippie: :smoke:

LONDON (Reuters) -- Britain's GW Pharmaceuticals Plc said Tuesday it plans to start human trials of an experimental treatment for obesity derived from cannabis.

Cannabis is commonly associated with stimulating hunger. Several other companies, including Sanofi-Aventis with Acomplia, are working on new drugs that try to switch off the brain circuits that make people hungry when they smoke it.

GW Pharma, however, says it has derived a treatment from cannabis itself that could help suppress hunger.

"The cannabis plant has 70 different cannabinoids in it, and each has a different effect on the body," GW Managing Director Justin Gover told Reuters.

"Some can stimulate your appetite, and some in the same plant can suppress your appetite. It is amazing both scientifically and commercially," he said in a telephone interview.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/30/news/international/bc.gw.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

[demnan]

1. Where can I sign up?

Nothing would be better than being legally high And thin!

[porphyrian]

2. Very interesting. - n/t

[mcscajun]

3. Do they need test subjects? I'm available.

:smoke:

[Taverner]

4. Cannabis is an amazing drug

Muscle Relaxant...Appetite Stimulant...Combats Depression...Prevents Alzheimers...and it can improve eye-hand coordination

Also not chemically addictive.

[graywarrior]

5. I'm in.

[flakey_foont]

6. no more munchies????

so you get high and NOT want to pig out????.......guess that's the end of late night Taco Belle

[EOTE]

7. From my experience....

Cannabis doesn't really make me hungry. I've always associated the munchies with food just tasting better, so I'm more likely to eat it.

[Ezlivin]

8. Nurse! Stat!

[otherlander]

9. I'm torn...

between thinking that marijuana should be legal and thinking that wieght-loss drugs are snakeoil bullshit...

[pdrichards114]

10. I love you Mary-Jane, it's the wonder drug that works wonders.

I can help you gain weight if you're sick, I can help you lose it when you're not. I'm, the fix for all that ails YOU! Wanna get high?

[DarkTirade]

11. I know someone who got thinner when she started smoking pot regularly...

but that's mostly because she spent money on pot that she should have spent on food. :)