{"id":1652,"date":"2017-10-31T17:03:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T06:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/the-bad-science-of-medical-cannabis\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:00:36","slug":"the-bad-science-of-medical-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/the-bad-science-of-medical-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"The bad science of medical cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI am not pro-cannabis; I think 90% is placebo.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLAST YEAR DEDI MEIRI, A CANNABIS RESEARCHER AT THE&nbsp;TECHNION, ISRAEL\u2019S OLDEST UNIVERSITY, RECEIVED A \u201cBEFORE&nbsp;AND AFTER\u201d VIDEO OF AN AUTISTIC BOY.<\/p>\n<p>The before showed the boy helmeted, hands tied behind his back, butting his head&nbsp;against a wall. The after showed him calmly sitting at a table, sketching. The difference: two drops of cannabis oil administered below the tongue. The video had been sent to Meiri by Abigail Dar, an Israeli champion for the use of cannabis in children with autism.<\/p>\n<p>Early this year it was a different story. Over the course of a day, Meiri\u2019s lab received a&nbsp;stream of phone calls from Dar: a few autistic children had gone berserk after receiving&nbsp;their two drops of oil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Medical_Cannabis_CompoundProfile.jpg\" alt=\"Medical Cannabis CompoundProfile\" width=\"835\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Medical_Cannabis_CompoundProfile.jpg 835w, https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Medical_Cannabis_CompoundProfile-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Medical_Cannabis_CompoundProfile-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/The_bad_science_of_medical_cannabis___Cosmos2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button\">Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI am not pro-cannabis; I think 90% is placebo.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cLAST YEAR DEDI MEIRI, A CANNABIS RESEARCHER AT THE&nbsp;TECHNION, ISRAEL\u2019S OLDEST UNIVERSITY, RECEIVED A \u201cBEFORE&nbsp;AND AFTER\u201d VIDEO OF AN AUTISTIC BOY. The before showed the boy helmeted, hands tied behind his back, butting his head&nbsp;against a wall. 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