you have a lot of mixed info there, some right, some wrong.
here is the difference between what your mom was dealing with and this company. CBIS is targeting the endocannabinoid system, only a few drug companies have tried to do this and they were all synthetic aside from GW and they all failed, even marinol is a virtual failure in relation to the plant.
they cannot duplicate synthetically what the plant has done, it is extraordinarily complicated and they are in about the 3rd inning of understanding the endocannabinoid system.
CBIS has a cream/gel based drug that will sell outside of the states if they don't sell here. everywhere that GW has gotten approval is where CBIS will look to get approval. it'll take some time, but at the end of this year we should have some really big news. IMHO
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