Mark Kleiman, director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program at UCLAs School of Public Affairs said of Marinol, "It wasnt any fun and made the user feel bad, so it could be approved without any fear that it would penetrate the recreational market, and then used as a club with which to beat back the advocates of whole cannabis as a medicine. "Clinical trials comparing the use of cannabis extracts with Marinol in the treatment of cancer cachexia have demonstrated equal efficacy and well-being among subjects in the two treatment arms. United States federal law currently registers dronabinol as a Schedule III controlled substance, but all other cannabinoids remain Schedule I, except synthetics like nabilone and HU-308. See also
Cannabinoids
11-Hydroxy-THC, metabolite of THC
Anandamide, 2-Arachidonoylglycerol, endogenous cannabinoid agonists
Tetrahydrocannabinol
Cannabidiol (CBD)
Cannabinol (CBN), a metabolite of THC
Dimethylheptylpyran
Parahexyl
Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, the biosynthetic precursor for THC
HU-210, WIN 55,212-2, JWH-133, synthetic cannabinoid agonists (neocannabinoids)
Medical cannabis (pharmaceutical cannabinoids)
Epidiolex (prescription form of purified cannabidiol derived from hemp used for treating some rare neurological diseases)
Sativex
Nabilone, a novel synthetic cannabinoid analog (neocannabinoid)
HU-308, a highly potent synthetic cannabinoid CB2 agonist

References
External links
Medlineplus.gov on Dronabinol
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On April 8, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Coartem was approved for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated malaria infections in adults and children weighing at least five kilograms (approximately 11 pounds) becoming the first artemisinin-based combination therapy approved in the United States. Dispersible
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