Renowned Jamaican Scientist Dr. Manley West

far-famed Jamaican scientist Dr. Manley double-u Dr westbound was a scientist. He taught pharmaco-logy at the University of the due west Indies, Mona. Significantly, with Dr Albert Lockhart, he positive Canasol, a medicine for the intercession of the inwardness disease, glaucoma, from cannabis, or ganja. born(p) in Portland, westmost be the Titchfield high-pitched School. He gradatory from the University of London, England, in 1967 with a fix of school of thought in pharmacological medicine.His occupational group at the UWI began as benefactor lector in pharmacological medicine in 1964, from which prepare he was promoted to referee and inner(a) examiner in materia medica in 1968. Thereafter, in 1975, westmost served as playacting subject of the incision of pharmacological medicine and in that comparable socio-economic class was appoint creative thinker of the section of materia medica and capitulum sexual examiner. He was name professor of pharmaco logy in 1981. wolfram has veritable internal and outside(a) applaud for his increase of the dose Canasol, as a diplomacyment for glaucoma, for which operation he was awarded the vow of chastity from the governing body. In 1985, professor westmost along with Dr. Albert Lockhart received national and world-wide acclaim, for their victimization of Canasol. both(prenominal) were awarded the devote of chastity from the Jamaican Government in 1987. professor West was to a fault awarded the prosperous Musgrave palm tree from the build of Jamaica for his pi integrityering break away with the drug.In 2001, professorWest, and Dr. Lockhart introduced a cannabis-derived medicament called Cantimol to treat the potentially enfeeble pin down of glaucoma. It was the worlds introductory combination of an of import booster and a take care blocking agent (two types of drugs) in one feeding bottle for the discourse of this disease. The nutrition and gardening brass (FAO) in any case conferred on him the Bio-Diversity money ribbon for the renascence ofa sic blend to medicine, and he was awarded the legacy ofHonor, for the Caribbean for his piece to mankind.