Well actually, as a not-potter myself the best of all possible worlds would be one where the stuff didn’t stink like candy made from filthy socks, rolled in skunk cabbage, but that’s just me.

From CNN via Fark comes news that Big Pharma, our beloved overlords, renowned for bypassing the chance to make a quick buck in order to spend their days and nights hard at work finding a cure for cancer, is developing a new kind of pot that will help stoners toke away the pounds.

The most telling thing in the article is the fact that it was posted in the Money section of CNN, not the Science section.

Or the Altruism section…oh wait, the what?

“The cannabis plant has 70 different cannabinoids in it, and each has a different effect on the body,” GW Managing Director Justin Gover told Reuters.

“Some can stimulate your appetite, and some in the same plant can suppress your appetite. It is amazing both scientifically and commercially,” he said in a telephone interview.

GW said it plans to start clinical trials of the new drug in the second half of this year.

Volunteers?

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