The Scientist: Are We Missing Something?

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2015 / 62min.

Rating8

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

The story of Nobel prize nominee Dr Mechoulam from his early days as a child of the Holocaust in Bulgaria, through his immigration to Israel, and his career as the chief investigator into the chemistry and biology of the world's most misunderstood plant. Dr. Mechoulam ascertained that THC interacts with the largest receptor system in the human body, the endocannabinoid system.

Directors

Actors

Raphael Mechoulam

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