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Kenya: Cannabis Given As Pain Killer
ccguide Tuesday 02 Apr 2002 Pubdate: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 Source: East African Standard, The (Kenya) Copyright: 2002 The East African Standard Contact: http://allafrica.com/feedback.html?ref=http://allafrica.com/whoweare.html Website: http://allafrica.com/eastafrica/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1743 Author: William Onyango Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmj.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal) CANNABIS GIVEN AS PAIN KILLER Scientists have discovered medicinal property in cannabis sativa and the prohibited drug is now prescribed as a pain killer, a Nairobi university don has said. Prof. James Ochanda, head of Bio-Technology Department at the University of Nairobi, told journalists in Kisumu that UK scientists have found medicinal properties in bhang and have developed it into the powerful painkiller, Moffin. He said the scientists remove the narcotic genes which addict users before turning it into a pain killer. Prof. Ochanda, who also heads African Bio-Technology Stake-holders Forum (ABSF), an NGO registered last year, said that large farms are being set aside in the UK for growing of bhang for medicinal purposes. Moffin, he explained, is sprayed into the mouths of patients as a pain killer. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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