riscit.info » chemistry http://www.riscit.info too young to retire, too rich to work Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:16:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 History of JWH-018 http://www.riscit.info/2009/09/history-of-jwh-018/ http://www.riscit.info/2009/09/history-of-jwh-018/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:57:51 +0000 riscphree http://www.riscit.info/?p=79 As an amateur chemist, I do keep tabs on what’s going with research chemicals. Perhaps the most interesting one lately is JWH-018, basically a synthetic cannabinoid with effects similar to smoking marijuana. JWH-018 has a longer duration of effects compared to marijuana however.

This is not the only synthetic cannabinoid, but possibly the most popular. 10-51-large

A company called THC Pharm, in Germany, found this substance in January 2009, in the herbal smoking blend called Spice (introduced in 2002), which is sold as a legal alternative to marijuana or “incense”, as they call it. Basically as soon as THC Pharm published their findings, Germany banned this very unknown substance, JWH-018.

Currently you can find it at some research chemical shops, but most of the shops in the UK are halting sales due to pending legislation.170px-JWH-018.svg

You can read more about JWH-018 here on Wikipedia, or leave questions.

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