PROF. RAPHAEL MECHOULAM When Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) organic chemist Prof. Raphael Mechoulam was investigating cannabis (marijuana) in the 1960s, it was regarded as a psychoactive drug for getting high but no medical benefits. Yet it so intrigued the Bulgarian-born researcher that he spent his academic life studying it and became a leading expert on medical … [Read more...] about The father of cannabis research, Prof. Raphael Mechoulam, dies at 92