In an April 3^rd, 2011 online report in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers announced that they have found a way to get rid of the high produced by THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, without decreasing the medicinal effects of the drug.

The high or stoned feeling is what attracts recreational users, however the side effects are sometimes unwanted for patients that use the medicine throughout the day.

Many patients throughout the United States and Canada currently use marijuana for its medical effects such as increased appetite or relief from pain and seizures.

In addition to hitting the pleasure-inducing cannabinoid receptors, THC hits another receptor that normally receives the chemical messenger known as glycine. Modifying THC so it hits only the glycine receptors could provide a means for delivering relief without the high generally associated with medical marijuana.

By Eddie Haskill, AZmarijuana.com