JERUSALEM — An award-winning professor of medicinal chemistry and natural products at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Raphael Mechoulam is a trim gentleman who wears tweed jackets and silk scarves. He is no slacker. At 82, he still works full-time. Despite Mechoulam's respectability, his greatest fame stems from two scientific
PhD in Weed: Meet The 82 Year Old Cannabis Scientist
In 1964, he was the first person to synthesize THC, tetrahydrocannabinol, the principal active ingredient in weed.