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Raphael Mechoulam: The Israeli Chemist Who Quietly Built Cannabinoid Science

He isolated CBD in 1963. He isolated THC in 1964. He discovered the first endocannabinoid in 1992. He worked from a lab in Jerusalem with material supplied to him by the Israeli police. He died in 2023, at 92, having largely invented the field.

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Did You Know?

The word "canvas" comes from "cannabis." For most of recorded history, sails, ropes, and rough cloth were made from hemp fiber.

— Oxford English Dictionary, etymology of "canvas"