Dr. Mahmoud ElSohly: Part 12-Does Marijuana Reduce Opioid Use, Deaths?

Oct 1, 2019

Dr. Mahmoud Elsohly, PhD, is a pharmacologist known for his work on marijuana. He is professor of pharmaceutics in the school of pharmacy at the University of Mississippi where he directs the Marijuana Project which grows pharmaceutical-grade marijuana for research. He is an expert in the processing, testing, and detection of drugs of abuse.

Key Points

• No evidence to support this thus far
• Georgia allows CBD oil with 5% THC
• 5% THC is 50 mg per gram or per milliliter, which is one 30th of an ounce
• That’s like 20 2½ mg Marinol capsules
• A super dose that needs to be fixed
• Developing an eye drop from THC that does not get into the blood to treat glaucoma.

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