cannabisnews.com: Hashish Found To Be Good for Joints Hashish Found To Be Good for Joints Posted by FoM on June 07, 2001 at 08:36:29 PT By Judy Siegel Source: Jerusalem Post If your joints are going to pot, a hashish derivative may be your salvation. A doctoral student at the Hebrew University's School of Pharmacy in Jerusalem has discovered that a substance taken from the hallucinatory drug can be effective as an anti-inflammatory drug for rheumatoid arthritis. For her work with hashish as a therapeutic agent, Susanna Tchilibon - a 32-year-old immigrant from Milan - has been named a winner of one of this year's Kaye Prizes for Innovations and Inventions at the university. The prizes were awarded during the 64th meeting of the university's board of governors, which ended yesterday. Tchilibon said that hashish (cannabis), which is derived from the Indian hemp plant, has been used since ancient times for treating various ailments, such as malaria, constipation, and rheumatic pains. The plant has both psychoactive and non-psychoactive constituent elements. She investigated the metabolism of the major non-psychoactive material in cannabis, called cannabidiol (CBD), and found that an acid derived from CBD, code named HU-320, is a potent anti-inflammatory agent. HU-320 is comparable to the known drug indomethacin, but without the known and considerable gastrointestinal side effects caused by that drug. Tchilibon added that use of hashish or marijuana (another hemp plant derivative) has never been shown to cause those side effects. A patent based on her work has been registered via the university's Yissum Research Development Company. Further evaluation is anticipated to test the effectiveness of HU-320, particularly as a potential treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. Commenting on her decision to settle in Israel alone, without her family, five years ago, Tchilibon said: "I wanted to study for my doctorate in medicinal chemistry, and I felt that the Hebrew University was the best place to do this." Her research has been conducted in the pharmacy school's Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products. Source: Jerusalem PostAuthor: Judy Siegel Published: June, 07 2001 Copyright: 1995-2001 The Jerusalem PostContact: feedback jpost.comWebsite: http://www.jpost.com Hebrew University's School of Pharmacyhttp://pharmacy.huji.ac.il/english/main.htmlCannabisNews Articles - Rheumatoid Arthritishttp://cannabisnews.com/thcgi/search.pl?K=rheumatoid+arthritis Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #8 posted by Tim Stone on June 08, 2001 at 19:31:29 PT Just to clarify terms In Europe, and in general in many places east of Gibralter "hashish" is used as a generic term for any cannabis product: seeds and stems, leaves, buds, hash. All those terms are lumped together as "hashish" in some countries, at least in newspaper headlines. [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by SWAMPIE on June 07, 2001 at 19:43:53 PT HALLUCINOGENS To all interested,I have,on occasion,done a good bong-rip that made me see stars,sweat,hear bbells and whistles,and cough so hard that I thought I'd have to get a pucker-string attached to my rectum,but never have I had a hallucination! Or did I??? Maybe it was the bong.... SWAMPIE [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by FoM on June 07, 2001 at 12:09:26 PT Exactly Morgan An Enhancer! That's what it is! [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Morgan on June 07, 2001 at 11:56:10 PT Hallucinogenic... Narcotic... the devil's weed...DRUGS!All words that are planted by the never ending propaganda machine into the collective mind, designed to group cannabis with harder drugs such as LSD and Heroin and push that button of fear. It's so ingrained, that even people who should know better use these labels without giving it any thought.But they may also use this label for the fact that there isn't a good alternative. Is there? Maybe some medical or biological/botanical types here can offer a more accurate descriptive word. I like to think of it as an 'enhancer'. But then, that probably isn't scientifically correct either. Sounds sort of ... magical. :-) ************************************************ [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by bcg on June 07, 2001 at 11:52:24 PT hallucinations I think that it is an artificial classification, but THC defies classification. I used to be offended by the hallucinogen classification for MJ, but lately I think it has some validity. Not a trip b lls type of mescaline trip, but a mild change in serotonin tone. This is what all classic hallucinogens do (either directly or indirectly). It certainly is more like the hallucinogens at changing perception and low addiction liability than it is like the sedatives (alcohol or benzodiazepines) or stimulants (cocaine).Food for thought... [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by TroutMask on June 07, 2001 at 11:28:23 PT Morgan beat me to it... I wonder if the author/editor/whatever actually noticed the hash/joint connection of the headline or maybe it was an accident? I guess it could have been "hash good for arthritis" or something... [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Cajun01 on June 07, 2001 at 10:56:17 PT: You know.... I have never hallucinated on marijuana. I have smoked many different types of varying strengths and never "tripped". What makes them think this drug is hallucinogenic? [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Morgan on June 07, 2001 at 08:55:04 PT Hashish good for joints!?!? Get it? Hahahahahahahahaaha. Get how they used the word 'joints' as a pun? HahahahahahahahahahaBut seriously folks... I don't want this bit of news showing up in the U.S. media. People might discover what their great-grandparents knew, that they could relieve their arthritic and reaumititic pain through a simple cannabis poultice. Sincerely,Mr. Big Pharmaceautical Co.********************************************************* [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: