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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 04:18 PM
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Israel to Soothe Battle Trauma with Marijuana
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers traumatized by battle with the Palestinians have a new, unconventional weapon to exorcise their nightmares -- marijuana.

Under an experimental program, Delta-9 tetrohydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient found in the cannabis plant, will be administered to 15 soldiers over the next several months in an effort to fight post-traumatic stress disorder.

Raphael Mechoulam of Jerusalem's Hebrew University, the chief researcher behind a project he described as a world first, said the chemical could trick the brain into suppressing unwanted memories.

For soldiers haunted by flashbacks of traumatic battle experiences, he said, the drug, administered in liquid form, could be the answer to hundreds of sleepless nights.

"It helps them sleep better, for one thing. These people often wake up from nightmares, and experience sweating or hallucinations," Mechoulam told Reuters.

http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=ourWorldNews&storyID=6418042
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 04:19 PM
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1. Duh. - n/t
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MatrixEscape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 04:24 PM
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2. Gee, they make it sound like a NEW discoverey. n/t
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 04:26 PM
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3. Let's administer Marijuana to the BFEE
The world wouldn't be so messed up now if they smoked pot. Hell, lets make a it a global goal that everyone in the world smoke a bowl. It would solve so many problems.
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