JWH
February 11th, 2010JWH is an a member of a group of drugs used to relieve pain which acts in various ways on the peripheral nervous system. It is a member of the amino alkyl indole class. JWH-018 can act as a a terpenophenolic compound normally available in Ganja agonist towards the CB1 and CB2 receptors. It has been found to produce effects similar to that of main psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant with a lengthier continuance of activity.
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. Huffman has published dozen of articles about cannabinoids.
Although toxicity reports are not completed by an independant laboratory, scientist say they are inclined to think that it is non toxic.
Additional data about JWH-018 toxicity reports can be found here
