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Ferre
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 Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject: Brazilian study finds Cannabis to be antipsychotic |
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0100-879X2006000400001&script=sci_arttext&tlng=es
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CBD (1 mg/kg) co-administered with D9-THC (0.5 mg/kg) significantly reduced the anxiety and the psychotomimetic symptoms induced by the latter drug in healthy volunteers (6). Since the dose of CBD used in that study did not change D9-THC levels in blood (15), it was suggested that CBD blocked the effects of D9-THC by some intrinsic pharmacological properties. Actually, when administered alone CBD produced its own effects, including hypnotic (16), anticonvulsive (17), neuroprotective (1 , and hormonal (increased corticosterone and cortisol levels) effects (19,20). These effects led to the hypothesis that CBD could have anxiolytic and/or antipsychotic effects. |
It is worth reading the whole article (link above) because it gets into the details of the research and apart from very interesting it's also very informative.
Anyway, I'm glad this gives some ammunition to those of us who get confronted with government induced bullshit telling us that we are going to become psychotic from weed. Apparently the opposite is true.
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Well found.
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Cannalytics - Cannabis Fingerprint & THC Test kit
The Cannalyse - Cannabis Fingerprint kit is a unique mini-laboratory for home use. The fingerprint kit also contains a unique standardized & high performance developing protocol for thin layer chromatography, specific for cannabinoids and a total-extraction specific for Cannabis. The cannabinoids will be separated and identified on special impregnated TLC-plates.
Only a minimal amount of sample (100 mg) is needed for total cannabinoid extraction.
No laboratory in the world offers a Cannabis fingerprint. "you see what you get".
The Cannalyse - Cannabis Fingerprint kit is a real (phyto-chemistry) mini-laboratory! You can do this unique test at home on the table. No chemical background is required for proper performances of the test!
Test not just for THC and delta-9 but delta-8 THC, THCV, CBG, CBNV, CBND as well. All the cryptics will be separated and after spraying with dye, clearly visible as different colored spots on the TLC-plate!
Total extraction means that THC residing inside the resin-producing stalked glandular trichomic cells will be released and there for measured as well. The extraction solvent will disrupt all the cell walls. So, all THC will be released.
In contrast to analytical laboratories where alcohol or hexane is used as extraction solvent which will "wash" only the oil
droplets on the trichomes away. The greenish colour (= chlorophyl a and b) of the extraction solvent is an indication of
the total extraction.
The importance of detection, identification and accurate quantification of the main cannabinoids (THC, CBG, CBC)
grows with the increased commitment by global marihuana user groups, patients, clinical institutes, governmental
institutions, and recreational users, for safety & quality standards and labels for all Cannabis products.
This demands the control of the safety (presence of pesticides, heavy metals, dioxins etc.) and quality of
Cannabis.
Cannalytics - Cannabis Fingerprint & THC Test kit
The Cannalyse - Cannabis Fingerprint kit is a unique mini-laboratory for home use. The fingerprint kit also contains a unique standardized & high performance developing protocol for thin layer chromatography, specific for cannabinoids and a total-extraction specific for Cannabis. The cannabinoids will be separated and identified on special impregnated TLC-plates.
Only a minimal amount of sample (100 mg) is needed for total cannabinoid extraction.
No laboratory in the world offers a Cannabis fingerprint. "you see what you get".
The Cannalyse - Cannabis Fingerprint kit is a real (phyto-chemistry) mini-laboratory! You can do this unique test at home on the table. No chemical background is required for proper performances of the test!
Test not just for THC and delta-9 but delta-8 THC, THCV, CBG, CBNV, CBND as well. All the cryptics will be separated and after spraying with dye, clearly visible as different colored spots on the TLC-plate!
Total extraction means that THC residing inside the resin-producing stalked glandular trichomic cells will be released and there for measured as well. The extraction solvent will disrupt all the cell walls. So, all THC will be released.
In contrast to analytical laboratories where alcohol or hexane is used as extraction solvent which will "wash" only the oil
droplets on the trichomes away. The greenish colour (= chlorophyl a and b) of the extraction solvent is an indication of
the total extraction.
The importance of detection, identification and accurate quantification of the main cannabinoids (THC, CBG, CBC)
grows with the increased commitment by global marihuana user groups, patients, clinical institutes, governmental
institutions, and recreational users, for safety & quality standards and labels for all Cannabis products.
This demands the control of the safety (presence of pesticides, heavy metals, dioxins etc.) and quality of
Cannabis.
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I found this a couple of years ago and was blown away with it. A home kit that will tell you whether it is quailty cannabis or not, no need for it here in england cause all the weed here is the best, yet no-one understands what this products potential is. I think it is a must in understanding which strain work best. [/url] |
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Ferre
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From Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology:
June 2009 - Volume 29 - Issue 3 - pp 255-258
http://journals.lww.com/psychopharmacology/Abstract/2009/06000/Synthetic__DELTA__9_Tetrahydrocannabinol.10.aspx
Synthetic [DELTA]-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Dronabinol) Can Improve the Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Schwarcz, Glenn MD; Karajgi, Basawaraj MD; McCarthy, Richard MD, PhD
Abstract;
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| We are reporting improvement of symptoms of schizophrenia in a small group of patients who received the cannabinoid agonist dronabinol (synthetic Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). Before this report, cannabinoids had usually been associated with worsening of psychotic symptoms. In a heuristic, compassionate use study, we found that 4 of 6 treatment-refractory patients with severe chronic schizophrenia but who had a self-reported history of improving with marijuana abuse improved with dronabinol. This improvement seems to have been a reduction of core psychotic symptoms in 3 of the 4 responders and not just nonspecific calming. There were no clinically significant adverse effects. These results complement the recent finding that the cannabinoid blocker rimonabant does not improve schizophrenic symptoms and suggest that the role of cannabinoids in psychosis may be more complex than previously thought. They open a possible new role for cannabinoids in the treatment of schizophrenia. |
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