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GW Pharma to test cannabis as obesity therapy
GW Pharmaceuticals is planning to start human trials of a new obesity treatment derived from cannabis. A variety of drug developers, including Sanofi-Aventis, are working to develop therapies that snap the body's craving for food when they smoke cannabis. And researchers at the U.K. company say that cannabis itself contains clues to controlling obesity. Various ingredients in cannabis, they say, can both stimulate and suppress hunger.
- here's the report from MedIndia
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By ryanhall43 | Posted 2:25pm | July 29, 2008
How is stopping people from not eating going to make them healthy? If people aren't eating they will not be getting the nutrition they need to function throughout the day. Eating healthy and exercise are the cure for obesity. Taking a drug to get skinny won't help combat obesity, it will just temporarily solve the problem. Exercise and a healthy diet will take care of the problem.
By Anonymous | Posted 3:59pm | January 17, 2009
That's exactly what it says. It moderates your appetite, i don't think they don't want them to eat.
By Brinna Nanda | Posted 2:05pm | February 28, 2010
I have long suspected that cannabis is an appetite modulator. Yes, food may taste better when one is stoned, but it also satisfies more, and eating becomes a "conscious activity" rather than a mindless face-stuffing session.
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