Medical Cannabis Research (Ca)
CENTER FOR MEDICINAL
CANNABIS RESEARCH
Report to the Legislature and Governor of the State of California presenting findings pursuant to SB847 which created the CMCR and provided state funding
Director:
Igor Grant, M.D.
University of California, San Diego
Co-Directors:
J. Hampton Atkinson, M.D.
Andrew Mattison, Ph.D.*
University of California, San Diego
Thomas J. Coates, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
*Deceased
Prepared February 11, 2010 | University of California | www.cmcr.ucsd.edu
Objective
In 1999, the California legislature passed and Governor Gray Davis signed SB847, which commissioned the University of California to establish a scientific research program to expand the public scientific knowledge on purported therapeutic usages of marijuana.
We hereby submit this report of our scientific findings pursuant to this objective.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary .......................................................................................................... 2
Summary of Results to Date ........................................................................................................2
Other CMCR Activities ...................................................................................................................3
Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................4
Mission Statement ............................................................................................................ 4
Scientific and Legislative Precursors of the CMCr ...................................................... 5
Discovery of Cannabis Receptors in the Brain .........................................................................5
Scientific Reports
CANNABIS RESEARCH
Report to the Legislature and Governor of the State of California presenting findings pursuant to SB847 which created the CMCR and provided state funding
Director:
Igor Grant, M.D.
University of California, San Diego
Co-Directors:
J. Hampton Atkinson, M.D.
Andrew Mattison, Ph.D.*
University of California, San Diego
Thomas J. Coates, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
*Deceased
Prepared February 11, 2010 | University of California | www.cmcr.ucsd.edu
Objective
In 1999, the California legislature passed and Governor Gray Davis signed SB847, which commissioned the University of California to establish a scientific research program to expand the public scientific knowledge on purported therapeutic usages of marijuana.
We hereby submit this report of our scientific findings pursuant to this objective.
W W W.C M C R .U C S D. E D U • FE B R UA RY 11, 2 010
Table of Contents
Executive Summary .......................................................................................................... 2
Summary of Results to Date ........................................................................................................2
Other CMCR Activities ...................................................................................................................3
Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................4
Mission Statement ............................................................................................................ 4
Scientific and Legislative Precursors of the CMCr ...................................................... 5
Discovery of Cannabis Receptors in the Brain .........................................................................5
Scientific Reports