EA 2233-- mixture of eight stereoisomers of the THC molecule

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The synthetic analog of THC tested by the Army in pursuit of this ideal, EA 2233, was developed by a chemist named Harry Pars employed by the Arthur D. Little company of Cambridge, Mass. It was a mixture of eight stereoisomers of the THC molecule (different arrangements of the same atoms). EA 2233 was ingested at strengths ranging from 10 to 60 micrograms per kilogram of body weight. Although its effects lasted up to 30 hours, they were not potent enough for military purposes. Ketchum excerpts an interview with a GI on EA 2233 in his book. The Responses are pretty much what you'd expect from someone who had ingested mucho THC being questoned by an unthreatening authority figure.

Q: How are you?
A: Pretty good, I guess.
Q: Pretty good?
A: Well, not so good maybe.
Q: You've got a big grin on your face.
A: Yeah. I don't know what I'm grinning about either....
Q: Suppose you had to get up and go to work now. How would you do?
A: I don't think I'd even care.
Q: Suppose the place was on fire?
A: I don't think it would be -it would seem funny.
Q: It would seem funny? Do you think you'd have the sense to get up and run out or do you think you'd just enjoy it?
A: I don't know. Fire doesn't seem to present any danger to me right now. [Note the realism of the test subject and the scientist's flight of fancy.]
Q: Can you think of anything now which would seem hazardous or worry you or are you just in a--
A: No. No. Everything just seems funny in the Army. Seems like everything somebody says, it sounds a little bit funny.

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