02.11.10
JWH-018
JWH018 is an a member of a group of drugs used to relieve pain which acts in various ways on the central nervous system. It is a member of the amino alkyl indole family. JWH-018 can act as a cannabinoid agonist towards the CB1 and CB2 sensory receptors. It has been found to produce effects similar to that of THC with a lengthier continuance of processes.
The abbreviation J.W.H. stands for John W. Huffman who is considered the inventor of JWH-018. It is a chemical first synthesized in 1995 in a university research lab in the United States. John W Huffman earned his BS from Northwestern University and his AM and PhD from Harvard. He began his academic career at Georgia Institute of Technology (1957-60) and joined Clemson as assistant professor in 1960. He was an NSF Predoctoral Fellow at Harvard and received an NIH Career Development Award (1965-70). He was a visiting professor at Colorado State University (1982). The principal emphasis in Dr. Huffman’s research group is on the synthesis of analogues and metabolites of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol THC), the principal active component of marijuana. John Huffman has published dozen of articles about cannabinoids.
Although toxicity reports are not completed by an independant science laboratory, scientist say they are willing to conceive that it is not toxic.
Additional information about JWH-018 toxicity reports can be found on Mindfully.org
