JWH018
February 13th, 2010JWH-018 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 aminoalkylindole syndicate. JWH-018 can act as a a terpenophenolic compound ordinarily found in Hemp agonist towards the CB1 and CB2 sensory receptors. It has been found to produce effects similar to that of THC with a longer length of action.
The abbreviation J.W.H. stands for John W. Huffman who is considered the inventor of JWH-018. It is a chemical substance first synthesized in 1995 in a university lab in the US. 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 W Huffman has published dozen of articles about cannabinoids.
Although toxicity reports are not completed by an independant research lab, scientist state they are prepared to think that it is not toxic.
More information about JWH-018 toxicity reports can be found on Mindfully.org
