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Our latest guest is Professor Raphael Mechoulam. Professor Mechoulam is the first researcher to isolate THC and CBD. For that achievement and the decades of research into the endocannabinoid system that followed, Professor Mechoulam is often called the “Godfather of cannabis research”.
Since his research began in the 1960s, Professor Mechoulam has received numerous academic awards. Most recently he received The Harvey Prize from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in the Human Health category. It’s a pretty big deal when you consider more than 30% of Harvey laureates since 1986 have gone onto receive the Nobel prize.
Professor Mechoulam has presented at every CannMed event, either in person or via submitted video, and is the chair of our Scientific Advisory Board.
In our conversation, we discuss:
- Professor Mechoulam’s incredible career
- The disappointing lack of cannabis medicine clinical trials
- The surprising fact that the two major endogenous cannabinoids (anandamide and 2AG) have never been administered to humans
- The challenge of researching the entourage effect
- The benefits of cannabinoid acids
- The newly discovered anandamide-like compounds that could be used to treat addiction
- And more
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Additional Resources
- Professor Mechoulam’s CannMed presentations: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019
- Isolation and structure of a brain constituent that binds to the cannabinoid receptor
- The chemistry of endocannabinoids
- An entourage effect: inactive endogenous fatty acid glycerol esters enhance 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol cannabinoid activity