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   From: drjohn@NOSPAM.hotpotmail.com   
      
   Noticed at Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:35:31 +0000: Francis Burton informed us:   
      
   > In article <7d8e77F2am35pU1@mid.individual.net>, Dr John Watson   
   >  wrote:   
   >>> It found in tests on 22 healthy students and academics that half   
   >>> showed an 'acute psychotic reaction' when injected with the main   
   >>> active ingredient of the drug.   
   >>   
   >>What did they dissolve the THC in? - it has low solubility in water.   
   >   
   > Dronabinol (THC) was supplied by THC Pharm GmbH (Frankfurt am Main,   
   > Germany) and prepared as (1 mg/ml) vials for i.v. injection by Bichsel   
   > Laboratories (Interlaken, Switzerland) according to the method of Naef   
   > _et al._ (2004). Placebo and active vials were identical in composition   
   > (except for THC) and identical in appearance. After dilution in normal   
   > saline, preparations for injection contained 2.5% (v/v) absolute   
   > ethanol.   
      
   Is that Absolut Vodka?   
      
   So they injected them with 2.5% booze and then blamed any effect on THC?   
      
   Apparently, dronabinol gives a horrible high. Could it be molecular   
   chirality?   
      
   >>I have been trying to locate this on the Psychological Medicine   
   >>journal's website, without success. Has anyone else found it?   
   >   
   > Abstract on PubMed:   
   >   
   > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19335936   
      
   No mention of preparation there that I can see.   
      
   > Francis   
      
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