John W. Huffman

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'''John W. Huffman''' (born 1931 or 1932)<ref>{{cite web|author=Tom Lamont |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/11/legal-drugs-spice-kratom-head-shops |title=The rise and rise of legal highs | Tom Lamont | Society | The Observer |publisher=Guardian |date=2009-10-11 |accessdate=2010-08-24}}</ref> is a [[Clemson University]] [[organic chemistry]] [[research professor]] who first synthesised many [[controlled substance analogues|analogues]] and [[metabolites]] of [[delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol|Δ<sup>9</sup>-tetrahydrocannabinol]], the principal active component of [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]], including [[JWH-007]], [[JWH-015]], [[JWH-018]], [[JWH-019]], [[JWH-030]], [[JWH-051]], [[JWH-073]], [[JWH-081]], [[JWH-122]], [[JWH-133]], [[JWH-147]], [[JWH-171]], [[JWH-182]], [[JWH-203]], [[JWH-210]], [[JWH-250]], [[JWH-307]], [[JWH-359]] and [[JWH-398]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clemson.edu/chemistry/people/huffman.html |title=Clemson University :: Department of Chemistry |publisher=Clemson.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-08-24}}</ref> His research, funded by the [[National Institute on Drug Abuse]], was focused on making a drug to target [[endocannabinoid]] receptors in the body.<ref>{{citation|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Drugs/marijuana-substitute-spice-hitting-streets-putting-kids-hospital/story?id=10118951&page=1|title=K2 Giving People Another Dangerous Way to Get High|publisher=ABC News|date=March 17, 2010|author=Brownstein, Joseph}}</ref>

Beginning in 1984, Huffman and his team of researchers began developing cannabinoid compounds to aid in research of multiple sclerosis, AIDS, and chemotherapy. Over the course of twenty years, Huffman and his team developed 450 synthetic cannabinoid compounds which were used to test the effect of cannabinoid receptors in the brain and other organs. Ultimately, the cannabinoid research provided understanding of diseases and information for medication development<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livescience.com/health/fake-marijuana-k2-hallucinations-100303.html |title=Fake Weed, Real Drug: K2 Causing Hallucinations in Teens |publisher=LiveScience |date= |accessdate=2010-08-24}}</ref>.

In the late 2000's, two of Huffman's cannabinoid compounds began being sold in Germany as marijuana alternatives known as K2 and Spice. "I figured once it got started in Germany it was going to spread. I'm concerned that it could hurt people," Huffman said. "I think this was something that was more or less inevitable. It bothers me that people are so stupid as to use this stuff". Huffman may have developed these compounds for scientific research, but now he gets blamed for its abuse. Angered by this accusation, Huffman says "If you go around paying $40 for a packet of leaves that contains who knows what and smoke it, you are not a very responsible person. This is akin to playing Russian roulette"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livescience.com/health/fake-marijuana-k2-hallucinations-100303.html |title=Fake Weed, Real Drug: K2 Causing Hallucinations in Teens |publisher=LiveScience |date= |accessdate=2010-08-24}}</ref>.

==External links==
*[http://www.titaniumwf.com Laboratory producing and selling JWH]

==See also==
*[[List of JWH cannabinoids]]

==References==
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