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Synthetic Marijuana Aids Sunstroke and Blood Pressure
Army researchers disclosed in 1969 that a synthetic marijuana compound showed potential to treat high blood pressure and sunstroke. Experiments at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland involved capsules given to volunteers, lowering blood pressure for up to 36 hours and reducing body temperature, with notes on sensory effects and hallucinations. Conclusions stressed legal and political barriers, plus differences between synthetic and natural THC.
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Stuart Auerbach
The
Washington Post
Times
T P Agewond Arsenal
Sim
Walter Siegfried Loewe
University of Utah
Humphrey F. Osmond Jr
Princeton
N.J
Deli
Daniel H. Efron
NIMH
Sans Sim
Edgewood
United States Pharmacopeia