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http://groups.google.com/ NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Feb 2002 17:53:40 GMT << I have been watching posts over the years and I see all this government popaganda flood these groups with how bad pot / thc is for us well I did a little digging and found a few of the studys that were done for the government and they never posted this information for any one to see they keep telling us just how bad it is, brain damage, birth deffects, etc.. but as it seems they know all this to be un-true and here are some of the studys they did on THC... NTP CHEMICAL REPOSITORY 1-TRANS-DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL -IDENTIFIERS =========== *CATALOG ID NUMBER: 001321 *CAS NUMBER: 1972-08-3 *_base_ CHEMICAL NAME: TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL,1-TRANS-DELTA-9- *PRIMARY NAME: 1-TRANS-DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL *CHEMICAL FORMULA: C21H30O2 *STRUCTURAL FORMULA: *WLN: T B666 HO MU&TTJ CQ E5 I1 I1 M1 *SYNONYMS: CANNABINOL HASHISH GANJA 6,6,9-TRIMETHYL-3-PENTYL-7,8,9,10-TETRAHYDRO-6H-DIBENZO(B,D)PYRAN-1-OL 1-TRANS-DELTA(SUP 9)-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL 3-PENTYL-6,6,9-TRIMETHYL-6A,7,8,10A-TETRAHYDRO-6H-DIBENZO(B,D)PYRAN-1-OL (L)-DELTA(SUP 1)-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL DELTA(SUP 9)-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL THC DELTA(SUP 1)-THC DELTA(SUP 9)-THC ABBOTT 40566 SP 104 -PHYSICAL CHEMICAL DATA ====================== *PHYSICAL DE_script_IONS: LITERATURE: Brown, amorphous, semi-solid, viscous oil REPOSITORY: Chunky golden yellow solid *MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 314.5 *SPECIFIC GRAVITY: Not available *DENSITY: Not available *MP (DEG C): Not available *BP (DEG C): 200 C @ 0.02 mm Hg -TOXICITY ======== *NIOSH REGISTRY NUMBER: HP8225000 *TOXICITY: (abbreviations) typ. dose mode specie amount units other LD50 orl rat 666 mg/kg LD50 ipr mus 168 mg/kg LD50 ipr rat 373 mg/kg LD50 ivn rat 29 mg/kg LD50 orl mus 482 mg/kg LDLo orl dog 525 mg/kg LD50 ivn mky 128 mg/kg LC50 ihl mus 40 mg/kg LD50 ivn mus 42 mg/kg LC50 ihl rat 40 mg/kg *USES: Has been used for reducing nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapeutic ageants, analgesic, and anticonvulsants. *COMMENTS: This compound is a DEA Schedule I Controlled Substance and must be stored in a safe. Accounting of its use must be strictly documented. *SOURCES: Gosselin, R.E., H.C. Hodge, R.P. Smith and M.N. Gleason. Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products. 4th Ed. Williams and Wilkins, Co. Baltimore. 1976. p. 176; #812. Arthur D. Little, Inc. Health and Safety Package for 1-Trans-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. Arthur D. Little, Inc. Cambridge, MA. April 2, 1985. Arthur D. Little, Inc. Health and Safety Package for 1-Trans-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol. Arthur D. Little, Inc. Cambridge, MA. April 2, 1985. Buckingham, J., Ed. Dictionary of Organic Compounds. 5th Ed. Chapman and Hall. New York. 1982. Vol. 5, p. 5178; #T-00691. Windholz, M., Ed. The Merck Index. 10th Ed. Merck and Co. Rahway, NJ. 1983. p. 1317; #9034. [610] Clansky, Kenneth B., Ed. Suspect Chemicals Sourcebook: A Guide to Industrial Chemicals Covered Under Major Federal Regulatory and Advisory Programs. Roytech Publications, Inc. Burlingame, CA. 1990. Section 3, p. 95. [620] United States National Toxicology Program. Chemical Status Report. NTP Chemtrack System. Research Triangle Park, NC. November 6, 1990. Listed. STUDY PART 2 1-TRANS-DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL CASNO: 1972-08-3 FORMULA: C21 H30 O2 SYNONYMS/COMMON NAMES MARIJUANA COMPONENT (6AR-TRANS)-6A,7,8,10A-TETRAHYDRO- 6,6,9-TRIMETHYL-3-PENTYL-6H-DIBENZO(B,D) PYRAN-1-OL (9CI) THC KNOWN USES: TOPICAL USE IN HYPERTENSIVE GLAUCOMAS. ACTIVE CONSTITUENT OF MARIJUANA. (1,2) CHEMICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY INFORMATION: SHORT-TERM TOXICITY 13-WEEK (Gavage) (C56371A), COMPLETED RATS:FISCHER 344; MICE:B6C3F1 D7-182208) (PEER REVIEW 06/94) RATS:FISCHER 344; MICE:B6C3F1 CARCINOGENESIS RESULTS MALE RATS = NO EVIDENCE FEMALE RATS = NO EVIDENCE MALE MICE = EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE FEMALE MICE = EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE DOSE: R: 0, 12.5, 25, OR 50; M: 0, 125, 250, OR 500 MG/KG; 50/GROUP GENETIC TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO CYTOGENETICS NEGATIVE (CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS) WEAKLY POSITIVE (SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGES) SALMONELLA NEGATIVE ORGAN SYSTEMS TOXICITY DOMINANT LETHAL (MALE) (DLM029) MALE MICE:C3H X 101 NEGATIVE (Generoso, W.M., Cain, K.T., Cornett, C.V., and Shelby, M.D. Test for induction of dominant-lethal mutations and heritable translocations with tetrahydrocannabinol in male mice. Mutation Res. 143:51-53 (1985).) HERITABLE TRANSLOCATION TEST (HTM36) MALE MICE:C3H X 101 NEGATIVE (Generoso, W.M., Cain, K.T., Cornett, C.V., and Shelby, M.D. Test for induction of dominant-lethal mutations and heritable translocations with tetrahydrocannabinol in male mice. Mutation Res. 143:51-53 (1985).) THE WATCHER