The Progress and Pitfalls of Medical Marijuana

"Cannabis is like a medicine cabinet," says Roger Pertwee, who was instrumental in some of the early cannabis trials for multiple sclerosis. "It has a lot of compounds in it that are novel and unique to cannabis. We have discovered 104 so far, but there are others. There are many potential uses that we have to investigate." Pertwee is Professor of Neuropharmacology at the University of Aberdeen and also GW's Director of Pharmacology (some of his research at the university is funded by the