Dr. McBudstoke
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Rimonabant
This is merely a theoretical question, seeing as the drug is still pending FDA approval. Rimonabant blocks cannabinoid receptors in the brain, thus eliminating hunger(Weight-loss is the main purpose of the drug). Would using this drug also make it impossible to get high? Could it be the first developed cannabinoid antagonist?
If so, this could become the suboxone/noloxone of marijuana.
Here is an exerpt from the article:
This is merely a theoretical question, seeing as the drug is still pending FDA approval. Rimonabant blocks cannabinoid receptors in the brain, thus eliminating hunger(Weight-loss is the main purpose of the drug). Would using this drug also make it impossible to get high? Could it be the first developed cannabinoid antagonist?
If so, this could become the suboxone/noloxone of marijuana.
Here is an exerpt from the article:
Its planned brand name -- pending FDA approval -- is Acomplia. For now, it's still going by its generic name rimonabant. But it already has a nickname: the munchies drug. That's because it works like marijuana in reverse. It blocks cannabinoid receptors in the brain.