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Becky Sullivan

Raphael Mechoulam, the 'father of cannabis research' who discovered THC, has died

Raphael Mechoulam delivers a speech at a cannabis conference in Tel Aviv in 2016. (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Raphael Mechoulam, the Israeli researcher whose work helped to broaden the scientific understanding of cannabis and the compounds that cause the drug's distinctive high, has died.

Mechoulam, who was 92, died in Jerusalem early this month, according to American Friends of the Hebrew University.

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