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Coming soon: Marijuana mouth spray?
Seven countries including the UK, Spain and Germany have approved Sativex to treat patients with multiple sclerosis. Makers GW Pharmaceuticals hopes the drug will be used as a prescribed replacement to medical marijuana in the United States.
Patients take the drug by spraying it into their mouths like a breath spray with a dosage meter. This way, GW Pharmaceuticals says people can derive maximum benefit from the drug without feeling a “high.”
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Oxymoron?
ElectricPhase on January 27, 2012 at 10:06 PM
They’re just recycling bong water.
Flange on January 27, 2012 at 10:09 PM
I expect the silence from the legalize-marijuana crowds on this point to be deafening.
If you can’t get high, after all, what’s the point?
KingGold on January 27, 2012 at 10:10 PM
LMAO
beatcanvas on January 27, 2012 at 10:11 PM
Dude, that IS the benefit, WTF.
greggriffith on January 27, 2012 at 10:16 PM
If you think Squiggy of Lenny and Squiggy (of Laverne and Shirley)had an obsession with breath freshener…oh, wait, they took out the magic ingredient.
viking01 on January 27, 2012 at 10:20 PM
Finally!!!!! it hurts your lungs. WTF
boogaleesnots on January 27, 2012 at 10:26 PM
Imagine this in zero gravity!
13,000 Moon colonists demand their supply now!
profitsbeard on January 27, 2012 at 11:08 PM
I’m gonna have a non-alcoholic beer while I mull this over.
Left Coast Right Mind on January 27, 2012 at 11:12 PM
Spicoli will no longer be able to say I’m so wasted.
platypus on January 28, 2012 at 12:43 AM
Gubmint has too much time on its hands.
petefrt on January 28, 2012 at 7:38 AM
If it has THC, it has the “high” in it. Thus article is poorly worded in that respect. What they’ve done is add CBD, which is missing from Marinol. CBD has a calming, soothing effect that keeps you from feeling as high and cuts down on the psychoactive effects. But you will still feel high as long as it has sufficient THC.
Claudin on January 28, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Pete, I can actually see some point to this governmentally. We’re talking about the medical benefits of elements introduced into the body while lessening intoxicating effects.
hawkdriver on January 28, 2012 at 9:36 AM