Nedan är en intervju med John W. Huffman:
Citat:
Vice: Hi, this is Hamilton Morris.
John W. Huffman: Oh, OK, nice to talk to you. I was just having a martini with my wife.
Great! Have you been getting calls around the clock about Spice?
John W. Huffman: Mostly just emails. I did get one call from a representative of the US Air Force.
What was that about?
John W. Huffman: Because these pilots were smoking the stuff, which is not a good idea when you’re flying a plane.
Scary! It’s quite popular everywhere in the world now.
John W. Huffman: Well, yes. The thing is that JWH-018 is really easy to make.
How easy?
John W. Huffman: I mean, it’s a two-step synthesis from readily available materials. I’ve had undergraduate students make it. But there is absolutely no toxicity data on this compound. Who knows what the long-term effects are? I mean, I have had people over the years ask me, “Can’t we try some of your compounds on ourselves?” And I say, “Oh, yeah, you’re welcome to. But we don’t know if they’re poisonous or not.” They lose interest very quickly after that, and I think people who are smoking this stuff should lose interest quickly as well.
Perhaps you underestimate how much people like to get high. One published paper demonstrated that JWH-018 is metabolized into carcinogenic metabolites, which is very bad considering millions of people smoke JWH-018 each day.
John W. Huffman: Well, I might say, “Why don’t you stick to marijuana, because it’s safer.” Smoking a compound with unknown biological properties in humans is a stupid thing to do.
Have you ever tried synthetic cannabinoids?
John W. Huffman: I believe that I am intelligent enough not to smoke or ingest one of our compounds for which no toxicity data is available. Also, as far as I’m concerned, alcohol is a very acceptable alternative to various other chemicals.
Fair enough!
Källa:
http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n2/ht...copeia-610.php
