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by TacticalMalice 3804 days ago
Some investigation of recent patents by Bial points to a probable candidate http://cdsouthan.blogspot.nl/2016/01/the-unfortunate-case-of...
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So it might be an FAAH inhibitor? one quick google search later

So one of the things that FAAHs do is handle "endocannabinoids", which are chemicals that activate cannabinoid receptors, which are (as the name implies) also triggered by cannabis. That'd explain why people thought it was a cannabis-based painkiller.